I think I was about 5 when I got my 3-speed blue banana seat something-or-other, followed a couple years later by a blue, banana seat 5-speed Huffy (with a huge, car style shifter on the top tube...yowch!). But the first bike I really remember with fondness was a red Sears 10-speed I got for Christmas, probably 6th or 7th grade. I remember going out on a snowy day and riding laps up and down the street, trying to find just where the traction ended. I guess I should be doing criteriums or cyclocross now! As I think about it, it sure was nice to not know or care about cycling clothes, components, and heart rate monitors.