I owned a Magna, for 4 days.

I bought it at a Salvation Army when I was in Santa Cruz on a business trip so I could get from the corporate apartment to the beach and back. I chose it because it was the only bicycle in the store that was ready to ride. At the end of my time there, I dropped it off at the Bike Church, a bike coop.

I didn't look odd. I wasn't the only old guy there riding on an old bmx bike.

I actually got a lot of compliments on its looks, and also used it to commute to and from work one day. The bus there dropped me off just across the freeway, but going back I had a long ride to the nearest bus stop.