@riotdemon the size of the millennial generation is directly proportional to the birth year of young people that older folks find annoying for existing in a more modern age. soon we’ll be the whole universe. how millennial of us.
@meh what I really wanted to say to @devolve was, “spotted the asshole.” But I thought that was too mean. Maybe I should of stuck with it?
There’s a lot of controversy online about the age range of millennials, which @devolve couldn’t even spell correctly. The ages seem to mostly range from 18-35. You can’t compare a 35 year old to an 18 year old in that way. Maybe I should start ragging on internet strangers older than me for no apparent reason.
@RiotDemon that they said “spotted the milleneal” on a thread about BMX bicycles prompted me to really want to say “spotted the internet forum poster!”. i stopped for fear of being chastised for existing as a dang nabbit interbwebbing mililinenenealers!
I had a super sweet Mongoose FS-1 back when I was a kid. Pegs, mag wheels, a rotor, and knurled crossbar on the handlebars so you could steer with one foot while standing on the seat. It was a bike I don’t think my parents could have afforded, but my grandma got it for me for my birthday, I believe. It inspired envy among my neighborhood gang of kids on bikes.
I thought it was still in my parents’ shed a few years back when I realized it could be worth a significant amount of money. I went to my parents and looked for it but couldn’t find it, and then asked my dad. He said he gave it to the next door neighbor kids a while back because they asked if there were any old bikes they could have to work on. C’est la vie.
Nope, we were broke and my nice bike was a Schwinn beach cruiser in great shape that my mom scored for like, $10 and I hated it - because I wanted a Mongoose.
My brother did actual BMX racing for a while. He got some trophies, don’t remember which ones. Watching him drop in from that first hill made me realize that I had no desire.
I actually enjoy watching MotoX occasionally when it shows up on the tv at work. I’d never want to do that either though.
@olperfesser I was trying to recollect when BMX bikes first showed up. The Schwinn Sting-Ray, the Raleigh Chopper, and the Murray KingKat were popular when I was a kid, in part because they looked like motorcycles, but I don’t consider them BMX bikes. They resembled choppers as opposed to motocross bikes.
I did. A “Free Spirit” that my mom bought at Sears. My oh my, that thing became an appendage to me… Or was it me to it??
Fast forward, I bought my boy a Haro bmx bike. Probably weighs half of the one I had. He likes it a lot too, but the town we live in is terrible for adult bike riders, much less kids, so his adventures are much more restrained.
Nope, my first bike was my Evel Knievel bike, just like this one. Moved on from that to a Schwinn Caliente in a cool copper color like the one pictured.
I like to laugh at dudes riding them as their commute bikes. “Big guy on a little bike!” Seriously, your knees are going above the handlebars. You look ridiculous.
By the time BMX bikes were out, I’d moved on from bicycles to my Suzuki 90 dirt bike.
I still have two of the bicycles I owned in the 60’s. Sadly, I don’t have my 2-speed kick-back Schwinn that I was so proud of.
The Columbia bicycle, handed down from my brother is what I learned on. I had to remove the seat & wire pieces of wood to the pedals to reach them. I’m 3/4 through restoration of this, but leaving the original paint as-is.
I bought this Schwinn 5-speed around 1970 I think. It’s about done being restored.
I do still have my mid 80s schwin banana seat bikes.
@jml326 I was just telling my 18 year old about my bike with the banana seat and explaining what it was. She was laughing at me.
@jml326 Ah, but did you have the 3-foot “sissy-bar” to go with, like I did? (Alas, mine was not a Schwinn, but a much cheaper knock-off.)
Skate or die
@Ignorant that was a fun video game.
@RiotDemon If by “fun” you mean “awful” then I agree.
@melonscoop I think I’m more nostalgic about the opening music. I was terrible at this game. Could never get past the mall.
I spent thousands of dollars on bikes in the 80’s. Grew up riding with Dennis McCoy and amm still a BMX Brigader. KC BMX >*
How about “No, not interested.”? Has nothing to do with being cool or not cool.
@RiotDemon spotted the millenneal
@devolve and how old are millennials?
@RiotDemon
Born early 1980s to mid 1990s or early 2000s; Generation Y.
@riotdemon the size of the millennial generation is directly proportional to the birth year of young people that older folks find annoying for existing in a more modern age. soon we’ll be the whole universe. how millennial of us.
@meh what I really wanted to say to @devolve was, “spotted the asshole.” But I thought that was too mean. Maybe I should of stuck with it?
There’s a lot of controversy online about the age range of millennials, which @devolve couldn’t even spell correctly. The ages seem to mostly range from 18-35. You can’t compare a 35 year old to an 18 year old in that way. Maybe I should start ragging on internet strangers older than me for no apparent reason.
@DVDBZN thanks. I was really asking what they thought it meant, because the internet seems undecided.
@RiotDemon that they said “spotted the milleneal” on a thread about BMX bicycles prompted me to really want to say “spotted the internet forum poster!”. i stopped for fear of being chastised for existing as a dang nabbit interbwebbing mililinenenealers!
I had a bike that I took off of a couple of sweet ramps, yeah.
@PocketBrain Our ramps were made of a rock and a board. Talk about living life on the edge. I still don’t know how we survived.
I had a super sweet Mongoose FS-1 back when I was a kid. Pegs, mag wheels, a rotor, and knurled crossbar on the handlebars so you could steer with one foot while standing on the seat. It was a bike I don’t think my parents could have afforded, but my grandma got it for me for my birthday, I believe. It inspired envy among my neighborhood gang of kids on bikes.
I thought it was still in my parents’ shed a few years back when I realized it could be worth a significant amount of money. I went to my parents and looked for it but couldn’t find it, and then asked my dad. He said he gave it to the next door neighbor kids a while back because they asked if there were any old bikes they could have to work on. C’est la vie.
It was just like this one:
Yes sir . . . back in the day.
I didn’t even have a Schwinn. I had an orange Huffy.
Had a RedLine and a Mongoose, way way back in the late '70’s early '80’s.
I think.
I don’t remember. Now get offa my lawn!
Nope, I never did have a BMX, nor did I want one, but I have a Marin bike, now.
Nope, we were broke and my nice bike was a Schwinn beach cruiser in great shape that my mom scored for like, $10 and I hated it - because I wanted a Mongoose.
Now my bike is a car, because I can.
My brother did actual BMX racing for a while. He got some trophies, don’t remember which ones. Watching him drop in from that first hill made me realize that I had no desire.
I actually enjoy watching MotoX occasionally when it shows up on the tv at work. I’d never want to do that either though.
I predate BMX bikes. My bike of choice was a Raleigh with really thin tires.
@olperfesser I was trying to recollect when BMX bikes first showed up. The Schwinn Sting-Ray, the Raleigh Chopper, and the Murray KingKat were popular when I was a kid, in part because they looked like motorcycles, but I don’t consider them BMX bikes. They resembled choppers as opposed to motocross bikes.
I did. A “Free Spirit” that my mom bought at Sears. My oh my, that thing became an appendage to me… Or was it me to it??
Fast forward, I bought my boy a Haro bmx bike. Probably weighs half of the one I had. He likes it a lot too, but the town we live in is terrible for adult bike riders, much less kids, so his adventures are much more restrained.
…would have sounded like a bathroom activity during my growing up years had it ever been uttered.
is there a bike for sale tomorrow?
Nope, my first bike was my Evel Knievel bike, just like this one. Moved on from that to a Schwinn Caliente in a cool copper color like the one pictured.
I like to laugh at dudes riding them as their commute bikes. “Big guy on a little bike!” Seriously, your knees are going above the handlebars. You look ridiculous.
By the time BMX bikes were out, I’d moved on from bicycles to my Suzuki 90 dirt bike.
I still have two of the bicycles I owned in the 60’s. Sadly, I don’t have my 2-speed kick-back Schwinn that I was so proud of.
The Columbia bicycle, handed down from my brother is what I learned on. I had to remove the seat & wire pieces of wood to the pedals to reach them. I’m 3/4 through restoration of this, but leaving the original paint as-is.
I bought this Schwinn 5-speed around 1970 I think. It’s about done being restored.
Diamondback Viper, dude!
DB Vipers at the BMX museum
I can ride my bike with no handle bars!