At least I did not say that they were generally ridden in an S like swerving pattern down the street. It has been 25 years and I can still picture it in my head. These style bicycles swerving left and right taking up half of a residential street as the youngsters pedaled along. I had never given it much thought, just assumed it was the "in" stylish way to ride at the time, perhaps it was because they were so unstable.