Originally Posted by genericbikedude

not MY fist bike, but interesting anecdote:

when i was in kenya, i saw little kids riding huge, heavy indian-made steel singlespeed, rod brake, baloon-tire bikes.

These bikes were WAY too big for these kids, so they would swing their right leg inside the front triangle and keep their body to the left of (both) top tubes. These bikes were probably heavier than they were! Hardcore!