I too had a red bike that I practically lived on, it was a Schwin. I must rode to Brook Park hundreds of times from my house in Crabtree. Every year on my birthday my dad would buy me a 24 count box of Topps baseball cards from Eastern News.
Yes. We were good. Actually, you were good and the rest of us were decent supporting players. Do you remember the game we won 40-2 and Jimmy Duncan scored the only two points for the other team?
Great piece Russ. You were stylin' on that bike. I had a black thunder jet. Similar in appearance but not as nice. It still hangs in my garage. I'm surprised you were able to mount a 26" at that age. I started on a 20.
I too had a red bike that I practically lived on, it was a Schwin. I must rode to Brook Park hundreds of times from my house in Crabtree. Every year on my birthday my dad would buy me a 24 count box of Topps baseball cards from Eastern News.
So much of our lives were parallel, Jay. Hoping to write about our 6th grade basketball team someday.
Look forward to it, I think we may have been underrated, not sure
Yes. We were good. Actually, you were good and the rest of us were decent supporting players. Do you remember the game we won 40-2 and Jimmy Duncan scored the only two points for the other team?
Don’t remember that one
Great piece Russ. You were stylin' on that bike. I had a black thunder jet. Similar in appearance but not as nice. It still hangs in my garage. I'm surprised you were able to mount a 26" at that age. I started on a 20.
Thanks, John. Wasn’t it a beauty? I was always tall for my age. The bike was likely a little tall for me at first, but I rode it for 10 years.
The Gino Giant was my favorite growing up. So fresh and delicious! Had that little cardboard sleeve wrapped around it to hold it together!