Jem
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Post by Jem on Sept 24, 2014 19:15:46 GMT
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Post by velocipete on Sept 24, 2014 20:05:19 GMT
Was it new,and how much was it then? I've only ever had one new bike,a Peugeot, I bought in 1989.
Always seemed better bikes to be had used.
Hope you enjoyed it as a lad.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by triitout on Sept 24, 2014 20:15:49 GMT
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Post by velocipete on Sept 25, 2014 6:36:39 GMT
Was this the start for your masochistic cycling tendencies?
Cheers,
Pete.
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Post by triitout on Sept 25, 2014 13:48:35 GMT
Pete, I like to think of it as building strength and character but yeh, I guess I've got masochistic tendencies. It helps in dealing with all the c**p life throws at you.  Cheers, Michael |
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Post by velocipete on Sept 25, 2014 14:49:45 GMT
Tee shirts, I've got a wardrobe full of them!You just have to try to maintain a sense of proportion.
In my case it's more a sense of the ridiculous!
Cheers,
Pete.
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Jem
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Post by Jem on Sept 26, 2014 18:05:00 GMT
I cannot believe this...this has just sent me in to a flash back of huge proportions. Before that Raleigh (above) , I had a little bike with big fat white (ish ) tyres , from the age of about 5 years old. It was well used and my uncle found it for me, and did it up a bit. I rode it till I was about 9 or 10 and became massively too big for it, and then got the new Raleigh above (which for reference was about £65 in 1976) In the year or so before that, I bought 2 x cans of spray paint and did a 2 tone spray job on the little bike (one colour lightly on top of the other, and I recall it had glitter in it , or I might just have sprinkled glitter on while it was drying - I think I just wiped the frame down with a cloth and sprayed the tyres too...I have never been one for lengthy prep) The bike dear reader? Well, it was a Pavemaster, which was made by Trusty. This is the exact colour and model, as posted by Sprockit oldbike.wordpress.com/1959-trusty-pavemaster-childrens-cycle/Quite bizarre! |
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Post by sprockit on Sept 26, 2014 19:00:51 GMT
Been riding 'Trusty' cycles longer than you thought then, Jem?
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Jem
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Post by Jem on Sept 26, 2014 19:13:42 GMT
Been riding 'Trusty' cycles longer than you thought then, Jem? I can't believe it. Just the name 'Pavemaster' is bringing back memories. I am mulling it around my mouth like a vintage wine!! If you've seen Citizen Kane, then this is a bit of a 'Rosebud' moment for me. I went everywhere on this bike, I was almost never off it. I wore through about 3 or 4 pairs of tyres in it's life time. I built ramps and thought I was Evil Knievel. I rode about 20 miles when I was 8 , with my uncle and we went on a dual carriage way and got stopped by the police. I vividly remember the traffic cop advising us to not use that road as we would be 'jam butties'. (with hindsight, he was right, but we ignored him) Here it is- just rummaged through my photo box. Just a shame i don't have any profile shots of it.   |
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Post by velocipete on Sept 26, 2014 19:54:00 GMT
Yes,you were a bit big for it!You certainly seem to have "Trusty" genes in your family.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Jem
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Post by Jem on Sept 26, 2014 20:00:30 GMT
Yes,you were a bit big for it! I had to ride it like the BMX'ers did some years later...stood up all the time, I never felt the seat on my bum from 1973-6 Update - Mine wasn't identical to the link - It had this kind of sweeping cross bar www.re-buy-cycle.co.uk/uploads/461/L/0.jpg |
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Post by velocipete on Sept 27, 2014 6:32:41 GMT
I see you liked your rear racks from an early age.What a forum.We have the original hipster,
first mountain bike builder,and now the original BMXer!
I don't think any other forum could match that.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Jem
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Post by Jem on Sept 28, 2014 12:19:10 GMT
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What a joy my Viscount was to ride after the Schwinn. 
