Ha! I can recall being made fun of for exactly the opposite in the 80s. -- MilwaukeeHokie 01/06/2020 2:30PM
We got our 13 y/o son a bike for x-mas. He said his friends made fun of -- Betabeachbum 01/05/2020 3:05PM
You gotta know how the bikes came originally -- typed by ben 01/06/2020 07:11AM
Mid-'60's we all stripped our bikes . . . -- MidloHokie 01/05/2020 9:17PM
Should have stripped your car too... -- EDGEMAN 01/06/2020 07:37AM
His friends are weenies ** -- MAHokie69 01/05/2020 8:31PM
But him a wrist rocket and some marbles. Standard issue stuff in my day. ** -- Coach McGuirk 01/05/2020 8:00PM
Still have my bag of marbles from the 40's ** -- AZHokie59 01/06/2020 11:06AM
Make sure he keeps his bike off my yard. ** -- 7Hokie1 01/05/2020 7:30PM
Yeah, I think I took my kick stand off as a kid because it was made fun of. ** -- BG Hokie 01/05/2020 7:02PM
Humans will find a reason ** -- CPRVHokie 01/05/2020 6:18PM
...well, then good thing it didn’t have a sissy bar... -- chumley 01/05/2020 5:19PM
F-3 Eliminator. Metallic blue with a slick on the back. I was... -- Coach McGuirk 01/05/2020 8:02PM
"I want to kiss Suzy" ** -- EDGEMAN 01/06/2020 07:38AM
I had a slick too. It was B/A. ** -- YardBird 01/05/2020 8:49PM
Get a mounted bike lock on his frame so he can tie up the bike -- lchoro 01/05/2020 5:06PM
He should have responded with a “your mom likes kick stands” ** -- HokieAl 01/05/2020 4:08PM
No Kickstand for Racers -- GJHokie 01/05/2020 3:46PM
Tell him kickstands are for losers -- EDGEMAN 01/05/2020 3:35PM
That’s pretty much what I told him. We got a great deal or he wouldn’t -- Betabeachbum 01/05/2020 4:26PM
Have your son challenge them to a bicycle race -- EDGEMAN 01/06/2020 07:41AM
My new bike setup as kid: take off all reflectors and kickstand ** -- FfxStationHokie 01/05/2020 3:30PM
Still have my first bike and my parents saved the box of crap I took off -- typed by ben 01/06/2020 07:13AM
And get those playing cards clothes-pinned to the spokes STAT! ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/05/2020 3:34PM
I wish I had those 1960s cards back!! ** -- 81_Hokie 01/05/2020 7:30PM
No doubt...that's probably thousands of dollars you threw away... ** -- EDGEMAN 01/06/2020 07:42AM
My bike would've been taken away if my dad ever saw it lying on the ground. ** -- Hokie360 01/05/2020 3:25PM
I'm pretty sure that using a kickstand was grounds for hazing... -- MP4VT2004 01/05/2020 3:14PM
I never used one that I remember...hellfar I normally took it off. ** -- Major Kong 01/05/2020 3:08PM
I did too now that I think about it. ** -- Betabeachbum 01/05/2020 3:10PM
Shee. It. I used a leg/pants clip to avoid even having a chain guard. -- PhotoHokieNC 01/05/2020 3:10PM
I never wore flaired or bell bottomed pants when biking because of that. ** -- Major Kong 01/05/2020 3:15PM
Tuck your pants leg into your sock ** -- EDGEMAN 01/05/2020 3:44PM
By the time I took to wearing those my bike days were long past. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/05/2020 3:35PM