just something silly
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just something silly


Picked up this Cheeto bike.It was a prize offered buy the Cheete Lay company many years ago.250 of these were made.it has Cheeto decals and a carry bag for a"gas tank".I found it in a shed in Indiana where the owner was a relative of a Cheeto executive who got it from a warehouse while at a Cheeto convention.I guess only 249 were given as prizes.Sounds like cooperate corruption.
It is terrible to ride and you must keep a very firm grip or it will throw you off.I wonder how many "prize winners" were injured by this beast.
Just thought i would post it as somethig stupid.Not a classic.
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If this was first prize, second prize must have been two of them. Ouch!
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the front brakes are standard with clearance holes cut in the metal fenders.the "motor holds two water bottles and the chainguard is the "exhaust pipe.' I was suprised that fenders are metal and not plastic.
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I love it, I had an African Grey Parrot named Cheeto, he died last March of Cancer, but he got his name because his favorite food was cheetos, oh and pizza but cheeto made a better name.
Just my thoughts but that bike is just fun, not practicle but playful and fun and goofy and probably going to be worth some money to the right collector.
Just my thoughts but that bike is just fun, not practicle but playful and fun and goofy and probably going to be worth some money to the right collector.
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wow, the brake holes are ghetto. Why isn't this thing orange?
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RARE Cheetoo's Chopper - $150
https://detroit.craigslist.org/bik/1038862675.html
Very rare bike
reduced in price
Waters have never been used still in plastic
Needs front inner tube and a cleaning very light rust will clean up great
Here's what I know and it's straight from Cheetos Headquarters in Texas. Crayola Crayon and Cheetos teamed up for the Color My World promotion. They order 1500 bikes from a company in Taiwan. After this company started building them they figured out that they wasn't going to get rich and stoped building at 1000 bikes. They shipped the bikes and durring the trip over the ship they were on was caught in a bad storm and the entire load on board the ship shifter, crushing the load of bikes. Cheetos sent a insurence adjuster out by helicopter and they wrote off about 650 bikes as being damaged. Then the crew of the ship was order to throw the damaged bikes overboard. The remaining bikes made it to the warehouse in the USA. About 150(approx.) bikes were taken home by Cheetoes big shots or given to thier buddys. The remaining 200(approx.) were put on display in stores thru out the US then given away as 1st prize in the Crayola Crayon/Cheetos Color My World Contest. It's also listed in a book called "The Evolution Of The Bicycle 2"
https://detroit.craigslist.org/bik/1038862675.html
Very rare bike
reduced in price
Waters have never been used still in plastic
Needs front inner tube and a cleaning very light rust will clean up great
Here's what I know and it's straight from Cheetos Headquarters in Texas. Crayola Crayon and Cheetos teamed up for the Color My World promotion. They order 1500 bikes from a company in Taiwan. After this company started building them they figured out that they wasn't going to get rich and stoped building at 1000 bikes. They shipped the bikes and durring the trip over the ship they were on was caught in a bad storm and the entire load on board the ship shifter, crushing the load of bikes. Cheetos sent a insurence adjuster out by helicopter and they wrote off about 650 bikes as being damaged. Then the crew of the ship was order to throw the damaged bikes overboard. The remaining bikes made it to the warehouse in the USA. About 150(approx.) bikes were taken home by Cheetoes big shots or given to thier buddys. The remaining 200(approx.) were put on display in stores thru out the US then given away as 1st prize in the Crayola Crayon/Cheetos Color My World Contest. It's also listed in a book called "The Evolution Of The Bicycle 2"
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Wanna sell it ? You know..... since it's so silly