I got a bright red Western Flyer (24-inch wheels) during the summer after first grade (1961). Learned to ride it in mine and the neighbors' back yards (grass is softer than asphalt). Rode it to elementary school in second grade and across town to visit my favorite fourth grade teacher in the summer of 1964 after school was out. I quit riding it around 1968 then resumed cycling on an entry-level 10-speed Chiorda in 1972 when the "Bike Boom" hit northwest Arkansas.