My first bike was a yellow Murray 20" with road tires. Had that for years. THe first bike I bought with my own money was a Huffy 26" 12 speed mountain bike that was decked out to look vaguely like a motocross motorcycle. Thing weighed a ton but lasted for many years of heavy use, on and off the road. Sometimes not even on a trail, just where ever I could pedal that bike. My second bike that I paid for was a 1990 ( I think) GT Karakoram K2. Spent another $600 tricking it out with new shifters, brakes, tires, and bunch of other stuff I cant even remember. That bike was my pride and joy and in alot of cases, my ride to work. Lost it years ago in a storage unit fire and spent the next 14 years looking for another one.