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Old 07-12-2020, 02:05 PM
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Fudgesicles WERE good. American bicycles were heavy, single-speed, had fenders, and other trappings. Kids put balloons in the spokes to become a motorcycle. Sears was a big thing. We cut our own bows from trees and used them in VERY dangerous manners. Those were the days, my friend!
Had an English racer 3 speed and went all over Brooklyn including places that we had no business going. Put playing cards in the spokes for our noise