Just an opinion
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It could be worse....I could still be collecting Hot Wheels... :shock: I only have like 9000 left to get rid of..
KOTA said:
sign me up!
that sounds like fun. did i happen to mention i sold all my burrito's like 2 min's ago. :lol: :lol:
honestly i'm pretty laid back, i was just having some fun with ya.
i missed my 666th post, so i figured i'd be alittle evil on my 667th post.
everybody's entitled to there own opinion, and it takes alot more than an opinion to push my buttons.
bash away kiddies, bash away!
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icyuod2 said:
Hey Icy, If you're going to collect phone pole insulators, make sure to limit your collection to only the green glass type . . . the brown ceramic insulators are somewhat useless and will only serve to clog up your collection space! True that someday in the far, far distant future people will view them differently than they do now, but until then, don't even bother with them . . .you will just look silly to the purists! :wink:
Just having some fun back!icyuod2 said:KOTA said:
sign me up!
that sounds like fun. did i happen to mention i sold all my burrito's like 2 min's ago. :lol: :lol:
honestly i'm pretty laid back, i was just having some fun with ya.
i missed my 666th post, so i figured i'd be alittle evil on my 667th post.
everybody's entitled to there own opinion, and it takes alot more than an opinion to push my buttons.
bash away kiddies, bash away!
.........I've got my share of "low" bikes.
i say to each their own. at least collecting stingray type bikes are some what usable. i will say that some of the prices are outrageous but its one of those supply and demand things like everything. i had one real nice ray a 76 5 speed original down to the tubes. but it was stock so stock that i felt bad changing it all so i sold it to terry. 20" bikes are cool at least they dont get high centered going over railroad tracks :shock: oops did i say that?
i get 20" bikes cuz i can stretch them to fit me. :lol:
In the late 50's early 60's teens customized 24 and 26inch bikes, till laws outlawed certain modifications.
The 20 inch muscle bikes were for and about children. Baby boomer kids rode them and now they are collected as a memory of childhood.
Serious street riding like they do at the big custom bicycle meets in Europe - where they may ride for 80 miles or more from one country to another - is done on big adult size 24 and 26 inch bikes, usually with gears. Very very few 20 inch bikes are seen on the long rides.
I rode a stingray as a kid and had fun, but I still like to ride and I'm afraid the 20 inch size doesnt cut it anymore, I've grown up and out. Collecting is one thing, and riding is another.
We've all seen middle age guys ride around town on the new OCC kid size Stingrays, it looks funny. Spoilers are a bit better, they were designed for slightly older riders.
Adults need an adult size ride. The Rat Rod movement is not a kid thing like muscle bikes were in the 60's, its an adult thing. How far do you want to ride?
That circus bear analogy is sadly true :lol:
Dorian
The 20 inch muscle bikes were for and about children. Baby boomer kids rode them and now they are collected as a memory of childhood.
Serious street riding like they do at the big custom bicycle meets in Europe - where they may ride for 80 miles or more from one country to another - is done on big adult size 24 and 26 inch bikes, usually with gears. Very very few 20 inch bikes are seen on the long rides.
I rode a stingray as a kid and had fun, but I still like to ride and I'm afraid the 20 inch size doesnt cut it anymore, I've grown up and out. Collecting is one thing, and riding is another.
We've all seen middle age guys ride around town on the new OCC kid size Stingrays, it looks funny. Spoilers are a bit better, they were designed for slightly older riders.
Adults need an adult size ride. The Rat Rod movement is not a kid thing like muscle bikes were in the 60's, its an adult thing. How far do you want to ride?
That circus bear analogy is sadly true :lol:
Dorian
