Originally Posted by Flip Flop Rider

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