Never had my own paper route. Seems the local routes were always taken. I did sub a lot for my friend when he was sick or on vacation with his folks. It was an early morning route. Prepping the papers (no rubber bands, they had to be folded and tucked for tossing) and delivery took a couple of hours. Rode a J.C Higgins crusier that I had from when I was about 5. Took a couple of years to actually grow into it. As I recall I finally gave that bike to my younger brother after he had long since outgrown his smaller crusier. He was already taller than me by the time I was in junior high. I wasn’t really using the bike anymore anyway after I bought my first real road bike when I was about 12. Also from Sears, it was a Ted Williams signature edition sport racer. As I recall it was $110 delivered. Those were the days...