1st bike was in 52 when I was 4, lasted till I was 9 when a phillips 20" bike was bought. Then around 1960 Raleigh Trent Tourist which I had till I went into the forces 5 years later. No more bikes till 1990 when I went out and bought a 12 speed Apollo- mountain style bike. This started me off on my current hobby of retaining the fitness I had lost over the previous 20 years. I can still remember that 1st bike- 12" solid wheels, handle bars that kept coming loose, no cars on the roads in the London Suburbs where I lived so no danger when the brakes stopped working. Happy days that I did not get back till I started to go Offroad with the Apollo.