My first bike was a red peugeot UO-10. I'd worked all summer to pay for a trip to Europe and I bought it in a bike store in Covent Gardens, London. That was my first multi day trip. I rode it through the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and France over a few months. I mainly camped and picked up extra money by picking grapes in Germany.

My second bike was a Koga Miyata. I was living in the Netherlands and working in a factory there. As soon as I put enough money away, I took off and rode my bike from Finland (took a train to Tampere, Finland) and rode my bike down to Spain. Really great trip. I camped for free for most of the trip and picked grapes in France to make extra money.

Then it was back to the States where I bought my first two "real" bikes in the early 80s (a 1983 Trek touring bike and a racing bike, a custom built British bike that I picked up 2d hand); I still own those 2 bikes. I need to get that Trek repainted though. My fifth bike was stolen; it was a peugeot UO-8 I picked up 2d hand which was my commuter; some junkie took it to feed his habit: