+1 :thumbsup:What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs?
It makes a slinkity sound.
A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing.
Everyone knows it's Slinkie.
The best present yet, to give or to get?
The kids will all want to try.
The hit of the day when you're ready to play.
Everyone knows it's Slinkie.
It's Slinkie, it's Slinkie!
For fun it's a wonderful toy!
It's Slinkie, it's Slinkie!
It's fun for a girl or a boy!
It's fun for a girl or a boy!
Now try getting THAT song out of your head! Mmmwwwwaaahahahaha!
Definitely. Of course, it really depends on your age. I moved to SoCal in 1976, and I can tell you, Stacy Peralta nailed it in this movie. My older brother skated with those guys before they were anyone, and while some of the stories he told back then seemed a little far-fetched, to see them on film 30 or so years later was pretty cool.@Hack: No, I haven't seen it. Am I going to need to get my skateboard out and watch it?
I was in high school at the end of the 70's and I was just mothballing my skateboard before I went to college when the 'boarding wave broke in Colorado. So I just missed it. Story of my life. My friend and I used to ride our American Fliers on the horse/hiking trails in the hills across the street from my house. We were crazy on our bikes. Then, later, some guys riding their bikes on trails in California were credited with "inventing" mountain biking. I don't think so.Of course, it really depends on your age.
You'll like the movie.I was in high school at the end of the 70's and I was just mothballing my skateboard before I went to college when the 'boarding wave broke in Colorado. So I just missed it. Story of my life. My friend and I used to ride our American Fliers on the horse/hiking trails in the hills across the street from my house. We were crazy on our bikes. Then, later, some guys riding their bikes on trails in California were credited with "inventing" mountain biking. I don't think so.![]()
Yup, I remember doing the exact same thing when I was like 9 or 10 years old in 69-70 ish in South Florida.California doesn't usually invent much of anything. They usually just put a name and a fancy shine on something people have been doing a long time, and then call it a trend and started there. We were riding our old 20 bikes with a banana seat and butterfly handlebars on the wooded trails and along the creeks in our area long before anyone ever thought of the term mountain bike. We jumped creeks and did wheelies.
I loved my banana seat. I couldn't figure out why the other kids were going to those little ass-wedgie-thingy seats.We were riding our old 20 bikes with a banana seat and butterfly handlebars...
HA! It wasn't even her thread! It was Greenhorn's thread. I guess we were off topic before we got off topic!I miss being on Chibi's thread though.
Mine was powder blue.I do remember the first bike I bought with my paper route money. Same color as this one. Schwinn Varsity