This isn’t the “Things That Bring Back Bad Childhood Memories” thead.
I…sniff…also had a Huffy.
I bought one used with my paper route money. My first real BMX bike, and I swear you could ride wheelies on that thing for ever.
BMX was crazy popular here growing up. It has tapered off some, but we have one of the fastest tracks in the US a couple miles from my house.
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Ditto
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Here ya go buddy. From back when skin grew back, but if you made the turn at the bottom of the hill, You Become A LEGEND!
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Um, awesome. I had a Big Wheel, but thinking back…I think I broke the shit out of it pretty quickly. Like folded the front wheel somehow, no doubt as a result of doing something amazing.
After a while mine got a flat spot on the front wheel from slamming it to a stop/powerslide, which didn’t matter at all. It finally broke from riding it down the giant hill we used to sled ride down.
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Schwinn Stingray, Candy Apple Red, banana seat, and a sissy bar.
Mic drop.
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Feeling parent shamed here… my son got a Huffy for Xmas. Although that was because it had to be a Spiderman bike and I expect he’ll outgrow it by next year (I may have accidentally bought the size that just fits him)
My comment spoke to Huffys uncool reputation back in the 80s, when it was roughly as embarrassing as L.A. Gear shoes.
Maybe they’ve reformed their image with today’s 6-12 demographic?
Holy shit. I’ve just looked up a bike we loved as kids and its now nearly £2k to but an original Mk I
This bike, along with Barry Sheene (500cc world champ) was responsible for a lot of ripped knees when I was young.
My oldest brother had that one!
With tassels!
I raced BMX back in the day and then transitioned into dirt bikes. Last year I bought my then 4 and 7 year old actual race bikes. Of course I bought me a 24” cruiser to ride with them.
I grew up fairly poor and couldn’t afford a real race bike. I always hated the fact that I couldn’t be one of the cool kids, I was just too young to understand my parents were doing the best they could. So now I spoil my kids. They also have dirt bikes they don’t ride and my daughter has her own kayak 
hopefully not setting them up for failure.
Boot Sergeant challenges a Medal of Honor recipient, that has killed a man with a rock, to a fight because he didn’t like Meyer’s opinion on the Superbowl halftime show.
Social media, man.
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If he’s active duty isn’t this likely to cause him a world of shit at work? I’d imagine Dakota is pretty well known with a big reach across the military.
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Assuming his command catches wind and they probably will, he’s in for a fun time, lol.
My Schwinn Stingray was yellow, and I had the tall handlebars. Did you have the long sissy bar? I just had the stub, that was great to tie a rope to and sling your friends off on their skateboards…
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Well, you can buy a Mongoose at Wal Mart now… so Huffy is basically the same thing now. You can decide if Huffy is up or Mongoose is down.
Ahhhh, yes. Make believe land.
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Oh I’ve had that with my wife. She had a dream in which I ran off with some pop princess and she woke up not talking to me. She was in a foul mood with me all day.
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