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twojs.bike said:
I think I had that bike as a kid. If not that, I had a very similar huffy. But as I recall it wasn’t a high quality bike. We built some sweet jumps and most of the huffys didn’t survive.
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Same, they were heavy and if you came down on both tires at the same time the head tube would snap right off the frame. Happened a few times to me on Huffy's and once on a Raleigh. I've got lots of scars and broken bones from treating those bikes like a BMX bike. I was small for my age back then, so of course I took more chances then the other boys and got all the scars to prove it. Lol.
 
Wayne said:
This Stingray looks like a 1998 reproduction model. The '98's had the most correctly constructed frames of all the repos made.
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Well, at 26 years old it qualifies as vintage.
 
ifitsfreeitsforme said:
I want a mini velo for driveway shenanigans with the kids.
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Doesn't much hear use of that word often.
Shenanigan enthusiasm doth abound all around. Even found wee helmet-size Shenanigan enthusiast stickers. Seein' as I've begun wearing them, they must be customized.

Ed Stately said:
Same, they were heavy and if you came down on both tires at the same time the head tube would snap right off the frame. Happened a few times to me on Huffy's and once on a Raleigh. I've got lots of scars and broken bones from treating those bikes like a BMX bike. I was small for my age back then, so of course I took more chances then the other boys and got all the scars to prove it. Lol.
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In my experience, that connection is most often severely misunderstood by most folks in general. I was adult before reaching adult-size ('Nam), & was what trendy Joe Average labels "over achiever", so I had to exert more to do more. Seems that applying more force breaks things more often, including bones.

twojs.bike said:
Ha. I was born in 1973.
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That's OK. Everyone is born somewhere at some point in time. Now you has to catch up from two decades late start.
 
Shrunken_Head_Pedaler said:
I thought I started this thread to post up goodwill finds. Where did this thread go? @Cmdr Ronald @twojs.bike
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It doth appear apologies are in order here. With zero intent to Shanghai, highjack, or otherwise alter the direction of your thread, I entered when your mention of shenanigans caught my eye, being an enthusiastic shenanigan enthusiast low these many years. O my my... Your words broke loose a mudslide of memories intertwined amongst myriads of adventure, some of which were good.
In the twinkling of an eye, broken bones & scars from full tilt boogie bicycling efforts had my attention spanning decades of memory & recovering from similar results. Several years since resuming biking, I am often reminded of high-flying attempts to accomplish things with a bike not meant to be. Sadly, the danger warnings now usually refer to incompetent operators of Joe Average's cars viewing us as moving targets. Twice last year, I was victim of hit & runs, hospitalized 3 weeks the 2nd time & have relearned to walk. Not soon enough, I be biking.
-- Computer is down. Has yet to get this phone to cut & paste quotes.
 
Cmdr Ronald said:
It doth appear apologies are in order here. With zero intent to Shanghai, highjack, or otherwise alter the direction of your thread, I entered when your mention of shenanigans caught my eye, being an enthusiastic shenanigan enthusiast low these many years. O my my... Your words broke loose a mudslide of memories intertwined amongst myriads of adventure, some of which were good.
In the twinkling of an eye, broken bones & scars from full tilt boogie bicycling efforts had my attention spanning decades of memory & recovering from similar results. Several years since resuming biking, I am often reminded of high-flying attempts to accomplish things with a bike not meant to be. Sadly, the danger warnings now usually refer to incompetent operators of Joe Average's cars viewing us as moving targets. Twice last year, I was victim of hit & runs, hospitalized 3 weeks the 2nd time & have relearned to walk. Not soon enough, I be biking.
-- Computer is down. Has yet to get this phone to cut & paste quotes.
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Thank you for more words of nonsense. Quite the ramble. I guess not everyone understands how forums work. And you mentioned an apology was due. Where? i don’t see it. 🤔
 
Shrunken_Head_Pedaler said:
Thank you for more words of nonsense. Quite the ramble. I guess not everyone understands how forums work. And you mentioned an apology was due. Where? i don’t see it. 🤔
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Easy fix for you

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Back to your regularly scheduled programming
 
Shrunken_Head_Pedaler said:
Thank you for more words of nonsense. Quite the ramble. I guess not everyone understands how forums work. And you mentioned an apology was due. Where? i don’t see it. 🤔
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I read the apology in the text wherein the writer explains that they were involved in not 1 but 2 hit
and run accidents while riding. The second requiring rehab to re-learn how to walk again. With the
hopes and determination to ride again. I know we mean no harm when we ramble sometimes.
Especially when we can't move physically and our minds are running a non-stop marathon. Peace. 🙏
 

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