old school (skool) to me merely means old.

this is the way we use to do it, and we're making it work now. It's not a knock, because I'm 55 now.

who among us doesn't look back on the styles we grew up with (bikes, clothes, music, hobbies, TV shows, etc.) fondly and proudly proclaim those things as "old school"

someone said it, and I agree 1000 percent (is that possible), old school is a state of mind. Looking back and appreciating the harder and sometimes more difficult times we went through to get to the here and now

old school biking for me and those I grew up with was both utilitarian and recreational. Our bikes gave us the freedom to go where we wanted to and to visit friends and make new ones all over town. We didn't keep track of miles, didn't wear Lycra, and dam sure didn't debate the best chain lube, and say "on your left"

3 in 1 oil was good enough if we ever oiled at all. Saddle uncomfortable? Stand up and ride or coast

when we weren't traveling on the bikes we were jumping things with them or riding through things. Sometimes home made ramps, but other times potholes, logs, riding in the snow just for the heck of it

Seeing who could ride a wheelie the farthest. This was important and if you were a contender it upped your respect level in the neighborhood immensely. If you couldn't do it, you were JV all the way

riding with no hands for as far as you could

Playing bike chicken to see who had the most nerve

walking the bikes to the top of a hill and racing down

and one last thing that was the ultimate in old school biking that you don't see today. Skid marks! Purposely skidding until your tires were bald and popped

looking back it was almost like a bike Olympics, a constant competition, and for the most part, the bikes held up fine

those things are old school to me and gone too cause I don't think kids today use their bikes like we used to