We had a bike shop that sold all the good parts for these bikes back in the 80’s but all us kids could afford were stickers and pads mostly.
We would do odd jobs and grass cutting jobs , paper routes or whatever it took to obtain the better parts but mostly our bikes were pieces together from “junk” bikes we obtained from yard sales, flea markets, roadside trash day pickup, etc.
The biggest upgrade every bike got was a set of longer cranks and that’s pretty much all we needed to get by on the trails.
We also had some awesome trails near our house and they dubbed as dirt bike tracks as well.
I love helping my grandkids upgrade their bikes but their parents spoil the crap out of them and these kids don’t want for anything these days.
Different times back then
In the 80’s most of our parents were divorced , low income and we were free range kids but we policed ourselves and learned life lessons the hard way.
Some of us us had a healthy predisposition for self preservation, others didn’t but we pushed the limits sometimes and Murphys law toyed with Darwin on occasion but some of us made it to adulthood.
We would do odd jobs and grass cutting jobs , paper routes or whatever it took to obtain the better parts but mostly our bikes were pieces together from “junk” bikes we obtained from yard sales, flea markets, roadside trash day pickup, etc.
The biggest upgrade every bike got was a set of longer cranks and that’s pretty much all we needed to get by on the trails.
We also had some awesome trails near our house and they dubbed as dirt bike tracks as well.
I love helping my grandkids upgrade their bikes but their parents spoil the crap out of them and these kids don’t want for anything these days.
Different times back then
In the 80’s most of our parents were divorced , low income and we were free range kids but we policed ourselves and learned life lessons the hard way.
Some of us us had a healthy predisposition for self preservation, others didn’t but we pushed the limits sometimes and Murphys law toyed with Darwin on occasion but some of us made it to adulthood.
