I just saw a couple of kids drag racing on a residential street.

On their bicycles.

It was pretty amusing. As they lined up their front tires on a seam in the pavement, counted down and took off, my mind did an imaginary 10 year fast-forward.

 

did you teach them to double clutch on their bikes?

 

me and my friends used to do the same thing except we would make road courses and ride around for 60 laps and name them after indy car (now cart) tracks.

 

You never raced on foot when you were younger? I always raced on bikes and rollerblades. It's instinct to race against others.

 

Of course.

That's why I found it so funny. I miss being a kid.

 

I remember doing drag races in my Big Wheel, those things were so fun to burn out, sort of. That is where my front wheel drive passion started.

 

way back when i lived in arkansas, our driveway was a slight downhill into the garage. i spent plenty of time pushing the big wheel up and careening down into the garage to do a 360 handbrake turn. i also used to pull the little seat back off so i could "fill 'er up" with gas (aka water from the hose).

 

Me and a couple friends used to race around this dirt field on our bikes. Rallying on bicycles ownz.

 

thinkin back even further...

I was always jealous of the kids whose parents bought em the PowerWheels.. hahaha... i've always been a lazy *** hahahahha

 

it all starts when you are young. I know that for me, whether is was downhilling on my skateboard in like 3rd grade or racing my BMX bike until I was 18, once you get that competitive mindset, it stays for life no matter what you do.

 

Did they have the baseball cards in their spokes?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IGGY &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I remember doing drag races in my Big Wheel, those things were so fun to burn out, sort of. That is where my front wheel drive passion started.</TD></TR></TABLE>

AWWW man the memories....i loved my big wheel!

 

Haha, that is just hilarious. I think it all starts at school where you try to out sprint the other kids.

 

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I started as a Sperm cell!, and dammit I had to win that race , so i was a born racer.

 

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hehe..i used to do that, then i saw some kid sticking his foot in the front folk making louder engine noise. I copied him and to this day, i'm horrified everytime i reminisce how retarded i was..
long story short, i applied too much foot pressure and got foot stuck into folk...bike stopped on a dime from 15mph, plastered my nuts to the handle bar, flipped the bike 180 landing head first.
it was painful..scared the **** out of my neighbor lol..he was outside watering his lawn watching everything unfold

 

They might be practicing for BMX Dirt Racing.

 

hey i can remember doing the same thing for my GT Performer & Redline bikes, I had to save money to buy the best parts out at the time. It's the same thing we all do nowadays for our cars, the madness just doesn't stop on coming. We all have to admit that owning nice cars can be really ****** expensive for sum of us u know.
For hobbies 4 da of our hobbies being a kid again is priceless

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ibuprofen &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

hehe..i used to do that, then i saw some kid sticking his foot in the front folk making louder engine noise. I copied him and to this day, i'm horrified everytime i reminisce how retarded i was..
long story short, i applied too much foot pressure and got foot stuck into folk...bike stopped on a dime from 15mph, plastered my nuts to the handle bar, flipped the bike 180 landing head first.
it was painful..scared the **** out of my neighbor lol..he was outside watering his lawn watching everything unfold</TD></TR></TABLE>

****, that was the front brake for my old diamond back and gt perf's (mini and normal)

 

Ah, to be a kid again. I am feeling really old these days.

 

Damned kids are cocky too - I had one drift his trike almost over my foot!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ibuprofen &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

hehe..i used to do that, then i saw some kid sticking his foot in the front folk making louder engine noise. I copied him and to this day, i'm horrified everytime i reminisce how retarded i was..
long story short, i applied too much foot pressure and got foot stuck into folk...bike stopped on a dime from 15mph, plastered my nuts to the handle bar, flipped the bike 180 landing head first.
it was painful..scared the **** out of my neighbor lol..he was outside watering his lawn watching everything unfold</TD></TR></TABLE>

ah... so u and that screen name of urs go back a ways huh? heheh...

 

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I started as a Sperm cell!, and dammit I had to win that race , so i was a born racer.</TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL

 

I remember the good old days of the Haro's and the Mongoos!

 

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Mongoose = suck

You can still buy Haro's.. I used to own one and have thought about picking up another for the hell of it.

 

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Ha,Ha. that is hilarious!