My first bike...

I don't remember that much, except I received it for Christmas the first year after we moved to Trois-Rivières. So I must have turned 5. We had moved to Trois-Rivières the previous summer, and it was a good thing, as when we lived in Québec City, we had an appartment in a hilly street... which is not exactly good for tricycling or single-speed bicycling. BTW, I revisited the area recently, and the hill is long, but has a 3% grade.
The bike was gold, had training wheels. I can't remember whether it had 16" or 20" wheels, but it was a unisex frame. I kept training wheels for 2 full summers, until a neighbouring young adult (18-19 y.o) spent 2 or 3 days to train me to ride without them.

I do remember more vividly my second bike, a dark red Raleigh Robin Hood: single speed, with 24" wheels. I must have got it when I was 9 or 10.

Regards,