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I lived in Texas for a couple of years and we lived in subdivision that wasn’t developed yet, and so every open lot was a potential race track or a place where kids built wooden or earthen ramps. I ask for something like a BMX racing bike (maybe called a Mongoose?) for Christmas. It was light bike with a magnesium frame, if memory serves. I had an old Schwinn that was heavy. Well, my parents got me a moto style bike that was heavier than the Schwin, but it front shocks looked a little like a motorbike, without the motor. I was so disappointed, but I realize today that the bike I wanted was a couple of hundred dollars in 1976-77, which was a small fortune. But dammit, all my friends had the light bike and I was last in every race and I couldn’t jump shyte!build ramps and jump them with our bikes.
SONOFA!!