@@Vracki Your dad had great taste in bicycles. No cutting of corners. Couldn't buy one just anywhere either - had to be an Authorized Schwinn® Dealer. Prestige.
I agree but it also reminds me how poor the quality was and how hard the playback was… Of course there was playing in reverse which was better than playing it forward most of the time. =8-)
@@rickintexas1584 Yep. But eventually we graduated to stacking milk crates. I remember I did 4 once. I used to lay my brothers down in the road and jump over them.
@@woohunter1 They would disappear in my neighborhood.. If you ran in the house to get a drink of water, by the time you ran back outside, your bike was gone.. You had to watch it like a hawk..
Yes! Evel Knievel jumped cars and busses, we jumped each other! A neighborhood with 11 boys all within 3 years age of each other. What could possibly go wrong? Cracked the frame on a Huffy. My Raleigh survived until I got a 10 speed in Jr. High to ride to school. If I timed it right, I could ride that all the way home with no hands. 2 1/2 miles, a couple intersections, and a pair of railroad tracks! That also means no touching the brakes on the handlebars. Helmets? What were those????
Schwinn's were top of the line, if you had a Schwinn, your parent's had money or were divorced. Most of us in my neighborhood had Dept. Store bikes, Sears, K-mart, etc.. only one kid I knew had a Schwinn and his parent's were divorced, he always had the best stuff. He had one of the first Schwinn BMX's they made, he also had every accessory, even mag wheels, I remember him going home and after lunch coming back with mag wheels, just to show off also had a number plate on his handle bars, not that he actually raced, but again just show off. I had a Sears BMX, which wasn't bad, it was built by Murray, I took off all the Sears stickers and put on Team Murray stickers.
The things is that we’ve never been free but I perfectly understand what you mean. Those were the days, for sure. Are we really gonna allow them to take that away from next generations?
Yesterday, I was longing for that freedom. There's a swimming hole at the river we went to as kids. So, I rode down to see if the hole was still there, or developed. Much to my happy surprise, after 46 years, it's still there, undeveloped and uninhabited. Went swimming and felt that 70s fun for about an hour!
@@roxannemoser Sounds awesome! I hope you had some 70's tunes on the river bank to complete that experience! Favorite 70's song or band? Too many to list for me!
I'm 58 years old. When I was younger, I jumped over 55 Hotwheels! I got to meet Evel Knievel years later. I shared this story with him. He looked at me as if I was odd. :(
My Grama had one rule,......"Don't come cryin' to me unless there's a bone stikin' out or you're bleedin' to death" and we jumped our bikes until the sun went down......I miss the late 70's early 80's!!!!
Those were the days. No cell phones, no video games, no internet and almost every car was V8 rear wheel drive. I used to ride my bike all day and night as there was really nothing much to do indoors once bored of listening to records.
So true. I never once remember needing anything done to our bikes either other than chain oiling. Now a mountain bike needs maintenance every two weeks!!!!!
@@thomasodetinape4180 Most Bikes in those days were still made in the USA and were built to take the abuse. Bikes today are built lighter, but can't take the abuse that we used to put them through.
@@JENDALL714 I must have road mine 3-4 years, never once had a brake issue. Mountain bike brake pads are done in a month, sometimes less. I miss the old back pedal brakes. Remember washing your bike. LoL
Our problems were having to shim stripped "goosekneck's" and seat post clamps... Broke my frame once and was demolished inside as new bike wasn't going to happen - my uncle came by next day, loaded my bike up, returned the following day with a big ole' welded repair... Miss those days!...
@@danielwhitaker3994 There was a Schwinn shop that recently closed, the owner passed away, he had all the tools and machines to repair bicycles that nobody else in town had. He could straighten forks and repair frames. Today, they will tell you to throw it away and buy a new one. I hope someone saved his tools.
One of the BEST personal video I have ever seen on youtube. This brings back memories in a way I never thought I could ever see again! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!
Grandmas now: What in the world are you thinking trying to do that on your bike you could end up in the hospital or worse. Grandmas in the 70's: Here let me help you hit this jump
Brandon Weinmann, I grew up in the 70’s jumping my bike, as well. Although it was fun (and, a bit scary) to me, my Granny STILL worried for my safety. She was concerned that I’d (to quote You).., “end up in the hospital or worse.” It’s called ‘Love’, Brandon. My Granny allowed me to be a kid but, she STILL feared I may injure myself (or, worse) doing something stupid. ‘Love’ vs. living ‘Life’ isn’t mutually exclusive.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH u r right!!! Maybe sueing wood maker... For those who didn't understand, this is called irony. Of course grannies care of nphews. Have a laugh, c'mon.
OH i remember back in the day doing this with the boys in the neighborhood. we would all get in line and jump jumps and on gravel roads ride as fast as we could then lock those back tires up with the awesome coaster brakes and see who could skid the farthest...oh I love being a gen x'r and I miss those days. Summer in the 70's..oh i miss those days. thank you for reminding me of the best memories
Dude, you hit the nail on the head. Evil Knievel was our hero and we strived to reach higher and further on those bikes. Some of us like me became life long bikers because of it. Great video. We were to poor to own such technology back in those days but the experiences were unforgettable.
Laffy, Not only did we jump ramps in the 70's, when it snowed, we'd wait by the traffic light on our corner of 63rd Street in Southwest Philly. When a car stopped for the red light, 5 or 6 of us would grab the back bumper and squat down still on our feet. We'd hang on when the car got going again. Most times the driver would be cool and pull us for a block to the next corner. If that light was green, we'd let go. Those were the days!
If you want to live in the 70's get rid of your cell phone, computer have 5 TV channels, go outside and play until it is dinnertime then go back out until the street lights come on and repeat 355 days a year. No inside kids allowed.
Evel Knievel. Kiss Army, Queen and the Stones. Glitter and Playboy magazine everywhere. Endless summers... Nothing will ever beat being a kid in the 70s.
Killer, totally cool man. I was there, lol I had a sears clone though not quite as cool but walked wheelies, jumped ramps, dirt hills and definitely did the power slide as often as I could.
Wish kids today knew that feeling of setting up Ramps and going big. I lived for that shit in the 90s. All day all night riding bmx and learning new tricks.
I was a huge Steppenwolf fan and my dad took me to see them in concert when I was 12. What a thrill!! I also got a Schwinn Orange Krate that same year. (I'm 66 now.) The BEST era to grow up!
Bicycles were fun back then, still are. Started riding again a few years ago. Started with road bikes, picked up a mountain bike so I could start doing wheelies, and jumps!
Man thank you for this. You just put a big smile on my face. I'm 52 years young and remember like it was yesterday. A 1 foot high ramp then seemed to be 5 to 6 feet tall back then. Thanks again man for a memory. This is why I love UA-cam. You can find anything. Your vid was shared to me from my childhood neighbor who we all jumped and rode bikes together. Thanks man. Happy Independence Day. Atlanta Georgia
I can't even tell you how awesome this is, why's I got dust in my eye all of a sudden. Man this brings me back, we use get two buddies to lay down and we'd take turns jumping over each other. Yellow bike guy got er done!, he's know how to do it. There were certain kids ain't know way I'd let them jump me.
Mine was metallic green and had a flat surface rear "slick" tire at one point. I remember the handle bars splitting on a jump landing. Thanks for the nostalgia! Ironically, I'm watching this while waiting for my Yamaha XT1200ZE to get the ecu reflashed at the dyno shop. I'm 58 years old, things don't always change. 😎
Ahhh man ! Does that ever bring back memories when my Brothers and me also used to jump our bikes on home made ramps,,we,d jump over used tires and had our bumps and bruises trying to be like Evel Knievel, haha, great video !
I remember my friend Tony and I used to jump ramps in front of his house . He at one time got the neighbors and family members to lay down and jump over them 14 to be exact. His Grandmother was the 14th and cleared her by a long shot! Ok the good old days
Ifvthe girls spoke with you, you were.. A shame nobody had taught us that, because there were sooooo many "hungry" ones, never getting an offer, because we were indoctrinated with "Sugar and spice, and...."...
Thanks for this, Skip, and I was jumping my Sting-Ray in the Seventies, too. And I got to be a lucky duck who actually saw Evel wheelie and jump his Harley at the Ontario Motor Speedway in '71. And afterwards, I suppose I was under the influence of Evel, me and every other kid with a Sting-Ray :)
Bro - I had that Honda shirt and a Grey Ghost 5 speed Schwinn and and we spent every day in summer making wood ramp jumps, longest skid contests and farthest wheelie contests. Grew up in Sunny Hills Fullerton Cal and once we got a little older I started riding an XR75 Honda and never stopped and I am 56 now and still ride a Pro-circuit CR250 only now we jump big gaps at Beaumont in the lovely hills. Thank you Schwinn...
ERNSTEROCK na mate I'm 13 and I have a 1978 malvern star look at the tip/ junkyard you can find some bangers I got a repco dragster from the tip for free hut me up if you need help
You can get new replicas of these amazing machines on the Wal-Mart website.. They're not as good as these bicycles, but they're affordable.. These bikes in original condition cost big bucks..
I feel sad right now, I want to go back to those times the old gang of about 15 guys in my neighbourhood, everyday was an adventurer and everyone was up for it there was alot of trips to the accident and emergency department and alot of plaster paris, 😂👍
So rad! Such a cool thing to see all you kids kickin it with your bikes! The jumps are gnarly (mentally) for kids, and that one jump the baby did was super special. Thanks for sharing!!
I cleared 13 trash cans on a downhill street with my 10-speed back in the 70s. Good thing we didn't have any Karen's back in those days around our neighborhood. 😆 🚲 LOL I still have gravel scars on my knees, shins, shoulder and elbows.
Thank you. Had a big grin on my face too. Those were the days. We would keep building them bigger and bigger. That got boring and we started building them all rickety and called them death ramps. Wheres the time machine?
RHODE ISLAND HERE SO GREAT TO SEE THIS I WAS ONE OF THESE KIDS IN THE 70 60 YEARS OLD NOW HAD THE SAME BIKE LOVE YOU GUYS GOD BLESS BROUGHT BACK GREAT MEMORIES THANSKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING
Who remembers when AJAY's came out in the 70's. They weighed a ton but lasted a whole lot longer than Schwinn rims did. 16 or 20 gauge spokes and got my first set for XMas.
Brings back a lot of memories , thank you . I’m a little bit older but by the early 70s we were ditching the ape hangers and banana seats with sissy bars and replacing them with mx bars and seats off a 10 speed that we got from the swap meet because we realized there’s no way to bale when you’re jumping a 20’ wide rainwash cavern 8’ deep off a dirt ramp that we built with shovels . A lot of teeth / bones / feelings got hurt at that spot . And yes we built plywood ramps but they were 4’ tall , might be the record for how far a qa50 landed successfully. We weren’t evil , just having fun.
Awesome video! I did the exact same thing. I have a photo of me with my bike wearing a plastic helmet my mom got me at Goodwill complete with the added stars and bars applied with markers.....wearing bell bottoms. Those were the times!
Nice Sting Ray. I had a 5-spd in Green metallic with the silver/white metallic banana seat. That puppy was so nice I never jumped with it (like I had with my previous Woolworth single-speed special). IIRC that Schwinn cost around $90.00 after taxes back in 1971/72 - and I helped pay for it.
Hell yeah! The kid with the sun visor jumping his Stingray might be the most 70's thing ever. I'm a mid 70's kid, but from Indiana so our 70's lasted through a good part of the 80's too.
There are not enough words in the human language to truly convey the admiration and appreciation to the wonderful person who had the foresight and the passion to capture these truly amazing moments and experiences. This has by far been one of the happiest times that I have ever spent on UA-cam. The emotion that I am experiencing right now is on the one hand shocking to me but at the same time, it is truly healing. I had no photos or home movies of my childhood. My friends. Our moments. But we grew up just as you and your friends did. So I will live through your movie. Thank you for that.
Awesome video! Thanks for bringin' back some great memories. Had a green Columbia back then and would jump the biggest hardest dirt jumps we could find.
Man that was awesome! I lived on a Culdisac In Palo Alto, CA in the early 70’s. We could set up our ramps in the street without worries about traffic. All the neighbor kids taking turns. I had a custom bike my brother built for me. Schwinn frame, real motorcycle handlebars, and get this a custom front fork suspension! Someone my brother knew was custom building these suspension forks and he did some trading to get them for me. Of course I was the only kid that had them. Super heavy though, all steel. Aluminum wasn’t a thing in the bike world back then. Moved to a farm in Idaho in 1975. My dad asked me if I would rather have a horse or motorcycle for Christmas. I thought for a minute, pictured myself running the horse along the canal bank, then I pictured myself on the motorcycle JUMPING the canal! Motorcycle won out over the horse and dad bought me a Yamaha 80, that was the end of bicycles for a while.
Thank you sir, at 55 now I remember these days. Without cable, internet, and cell phones, we seemed more social and happy then. I really enjoyed watching this, thank you again.
All of us 50+ guys remember those days. I know we all sat here watching this video with a big grin on our faces. Awesome!!!
Those were the days!
ipilott4411 To the tee! great comment
😁 yes !
Quilty👍
I had a huge grin ;)
Hats off to the parent that captured this footage.
It was my Dad, thanks!
@@Vracki Your dad had great taste in bicycles. No cutting of corners. Couldn't buy one just anywhere either - had to be an Authorized Schwinn® Dealer. Prestige.
I was thinking the very same thing! Top dad! 😁 Not just one chopper, but two - wow awesome.
@Hiro Protagonist A firecracker looked just like TNT in my kung-fu grip GI Joe. Blew his fingers off! Joe forgot to throw!
I agree but it also reminds me how poor the quality was and how hard the playback was… Of course there was playing in reverse which was better than playing it forward most of the time. =8-)
This was the best time to grow up in. Ever.
Yes it was-55 yrs old lady now, crazy!!!
Right! I miss the 70's the shit was real not fake and delusional like now...Im 55 now and i can only look back now w/ nostalgia.
56, right there with yinz... wonderful era!!
The tree fort............1st 2nd and 3rd base........no home runs though
Amen.
Back when a piece of wood and some bricks would provide hours of fun.
Hours? Nah, days of fun was more like it.
@@rickintexas1584 Yep. But eventually we graduated to stacking milk crates. I remember I did 4 once. I used to lay my brothers down in the road and jump over them.
@@SEILLC I jumped over homeless people on my skateboard once.
Lived this shit, live action
that's how me and my cousins do it nowadays too! bricks and random pieces of wood we found.
Evel Knievel, KISS, and the Harlem Globetrotters we’re all I cared about.
Evel Knievel Black Sabbath and the Harlem Globetrotters
And The Land of the Lost.
Evel, bruce lee and 6mil man!
The KISS Army!
Exactly
I used to jump my friends, we took turns jumping over each other.. A couple of bricks, some plywood and we had a ramp.
Somehow we all survived.
Haha, no front brakes or helmets either! The good old days, we actually wore out tires.
@@woohunter1 no suspension on the bicycles either.. We bent rims, broke forks, and busted frames all the time.
The cost of having fun in the 70's..
@@skibootdier9488 we put the abuse and miles on them, but didn’t dare leave them out in the weather overnight or we’d be in trouble.
@@woohunter1 They would disappear in my neighborhood.. If you ran in the house to get a drink of water, by the time you ran back outside, your bike was gone.. You had to watch it like a hawk..
Yes! Evel Knievel jumped cars and busses, we jumped each other! A neighborhood with 11 boys all within 3 years age of each other. What could possibly go wrong? Cracked the frame on a Huffy. My Raleigh survived until I got a 10 speed in Jr. High to ride to school. If I timed it right, I could ride that all the way home with no hands. 2 1/2 miles, a couple intersections, and a pair of railroad tracks! That also means no touching the brakes on the handlebars. Helmets? What were those????
If you had a Sting Ray/ Chopper bike in the 70's you thought you were Evel Knievel
Still got one!
Hell yeah! I had a purple metal flake Sting Ray with the stick shift.
I had a Chopper
Schwinn's were top of the line, if you had a Schwinn, your parent's had money or were divorced. Most of us in my neighborhood had Dept. Store bikes, Sears, K-mart, etc.. only one kid I knew had a Schwinn and his parent's were divorced, he always had the best stuff. He had one of the first Schwinn BMX's they made, he also had every accessory, even mag wheels, I remember him going home and after lunch coming back with mag wheels, just to show off also had a number plate on his handle bars, not that he actually raced, but again just show off. I had a Sears BMX, which wasn't bad, it was built by Murray, I took off all the Sears stickers and put on Team Murray stickers.
@@JENDALL714
Huffy was the K-Mart special, Schwinn Scramblers were middle, Mongoose and BMX were the best
This video brought tears to my eyes , seeing how free we were and having so much fun in the 70's ...I love this video❤❤❤
I'm crying. I took my knee out doing this on gravel. Never did it again but it sure was fun. I had a huffy. 😭
The things is that we’ve never been free but I perfectly understand what you mean.
Those were the days, for sure.
Are we really gonna allow them to take that away from next generations?
Yesterday, I was longing for that freedom. There's a swimming hole at the river we went to as kids. So, I rode down to see if the hole was still there, or developed.
Much to my happy surprise, after 46 years, it's still there, undeveloped and uninhabited. Went swimming and felt that 70s fun for about an hour!
@@roxannemoser that is absolutely AMAZING🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@@roxannemoser Sounds awesome! I hope you had some 70's tunes on the river bank to complete that experience! Favorite 70's song or band? Too many to list for me!
I'm 58 years old. When I was younger, I jumped over 55 Hotwheels! I got to meet Evel Knievel years later. I shared this story with him. He looked at me as if I was odd. :(
That's an awesome story
It IS odd ! ..... now if it had been 56 hotwheels????
@@gregtaylor6146 Lol! that would have been even. 🤣
That’s ok he probably was in one of his alcohol induced coma
God bless you I'm laughing my ass off
My Grama had one rule,......"Don't come cryin' to me unless there's a bone stikin' out or you're bleedin' to death" and we jumped our bikes until the sun went down......I miss the late 70's early 80's!!!!
I do mountain biking but i live in the middle of nowhere so i can't meet up with friends
YEP. GREAT TIMES.
Those were the days. No cell phones, no video games, no internet and almost every car was V8 rear wheel drive. I used to ride my bike all day and night as there was really nothing much to do indoors once bored of listening to records.
So true. I never once remember needing anything done to our bikes either other than chain oiling.
Now a mountain bike needs maintenance every two weeks!!!!!
@@thomasodetinape4180 Most Bikes in those days were still made in the USA and were built to take the abuse. Bikes today are built lighter, but can't take the abuse that we used to put them through.
@@JENDALL714 I must have road mine 3-4 years, never once had a brake issue. Mountain bike brake pads are done in a month, sometimes less. I miss the old back pedal brakes. Remember washing your bike. LoL
Our problems were having to shim stripped "goosekneck's" and seat post clamps... Broke my frame once and was demolished inside as new bike wasn't going to happen - my uncle came by next day, loaded my bike up, returned the following day with a big ole' welded repair... Miss those days!...
@@danielwhitaker3994 There was a Schwinn shop that recently closed, the owner passed away, he had all the tools and machines to repair bicycles that nobody else in town had. He could straighten forks and repair frames. Today, they will tell you to throw it away and buy a new one. I hope someone saved his tools.
One of the BEST personal video I have ever seen on youtube. This brings back memories in a way I never thought I could ever see again! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!
Grandmas now: What in the world are you thinking trying to do that on your bike you could end up in the hospital or worse.
Grandmas in the 70's: Here let me help you hit this jump
Fuc$n eh!!!
Brandon Weinmann,
I grew up in the 70’s jumping my bike, as well. Although it was fun (and, a bit scary) to me, my Granny STILL worried for my safety. She was concerned that I’d (to quote You).., “end up in the hospital or worse.” It’s called ‘Love’, Brandon. My Granny allowed me to be a kid but, she STILL feared I may injure myself (or, worse) doing something stupid. ‘Love’ vs. living ‘Life’ isn’t mutually exclusive.
I loved the mom helping the kid on the TRIKE go over the ramp!😁
HAHAHAHAHAHAH u r right!!! Maybe sueing wood maker...
For those who didn't understand, this is called irony. Of course grannies care of nphews. Have a laugh, c'mon.
Exactly , back then shtt get scrap or cut bandade, or tape on it back to playing ,
You made this 62 year old man smile. Me and my buddies did the same stuff on our bikes.
OH i remember back in the day doing this with the boys in the neighborhood. we would all get in line and jump jumps and on gravel roads ride as fast as we could then lock those back tires up with the awesome coaster brakes and see who could skid the farthest...oh I love being a gen x'r and I miss those days. Summer in the 70's..oh i miss those days. thank you for reminding me of the best memories
Summer in the 70's wow, you nailed. I literally got chills. Almost like a dream that you can't go back to. Not the time but the way we were.
Yea, as the last of the boomers, I was 10 in 73 and Evel Knievel was our hero and we jumped everything!
“Skid the farthest!” Yup, did that! Thanks for reminding me....Good ol’ days, wish we could go back......
And NOBODY WORE A HELMET!!!
@@jameskonners8304 gravel or wet grass, long skid and end up facing the way you came from
My new favorite video on the Internet. Especially mom out there helping.
Ha! It was actually my Grandma which makes it even cooler!
Those were the Days my friend, we thought they’d never End!
Bless the family that kept this! No goofy names of tricks, just sweet ass AIR!
Back when kids actually played outside, miss the good old days
Dude, you hit the nail on the head. Evil Knievel was our hero and we strived to reach higher and further on those bikes. Some of us like me became life long bikers because of it. Great video. We were to poor to own such technology back in those days but the experiences were unforgettable.
I was born in 1963 and this brings back such good memories of that world. I look at the world now and weep. 😢
Man I wish I grew up in the 70 instead of this generation ugh we can't all be so lucky
The laws of physics haven’t changed you can still jump bikes today.
Like jack Stacey said, you can still jump bikes today
Laffy, Not only did we jump ramps in the 70's, when it snowed, we'd wait by the traffic light on our corner of 63rd Street in Southwest Philly. When a car stopped for the red light, 5 or 6 of us would grab the back bumper and squat down still on our feet. We'd hang on when the car got going again. Most times the driver would be cool and pull us for a block to the next corner. If that light was green, we'd let go. Those were the days!
If you want to live in the 70's get rid of your cell phone, computer have 5 TV channels, go outside and play until it is dinnertime then go back out until the street lights come on and repeat 355 days a year. No inside kids allowed.
Try MTB!
Best Napoleon Dynamite quote."You take that baby off any sweet jumps?"Luckee!
thats the type of ramp we had, no landing ramp, and we did it on huffys
WOW!!! This video triggered memories that made me feel pre-teen years old. I love it! Thank you.
wow you brought me way back i was born in 68 and me and my friends that's exactly what we use to do in our back allay thank's man
Evel Knievel. Kiss Army, Queen and the Stones. Glitter and Playboy magazine everywhere. Endless summers... Nothing will ever beat being a kid in the 70s.
Exactly right brother
Aw the best time's ever! And we had Evel Knievel to look up to
That’s how we rolled! You need a 5 foot long sissy bar on that Schwinn to be really cool!👍🤣👍
Killer, totally cool man. I was there, lol I had a sears clone though not quite as cool but walked wheelies, jumped ramps, dirt hills and definitely did the power slide as often as I could.
I had the Sears bike too. This is exactly what we did, only much higher.
Remember the baseball cards we would put in the spokes with cloths pins.
@@edvanderslice9726 yea, but the rich kids had the “Vroom”. A plastic box mounted to the bicycle they makes motorcycle noises.
@@joeo7257 Love it..
@@edvanderslice9726 not broom- vroom
Wish kids today knew that feeling of setting up Ramps and going big. I lived for that shit in the 90s. All day all night riding bmx and learning new tricks.
That was totally us except we had the ramp on the sidewalk and came screaming at that ramp.
Barefoot, in shorts. amazing looking back.
bruised and bloody.....life was good
And don’t forget, we literally invented BMX when our seats broke and we took the 10 speed seats and put them on like that third boy in the video did.
love it , im 50 years old and wish i coud go back to these great days, my lil sister was always somewhere crying just like in this video lol
"Born to be wild"Steppenwolf 60's 70's wonderful time.....I miss my bicycle Schwinn Sting Ray beautiful desig.
I was a huge Steppenwolf fan and my dad took me to see them in concert when I was 12. What a thrill!! I also got a Schwinn Orange Krate that same year. (I'm 66 now.) The BEST era to grow up!
OOOMYGOSH. Been there and done that. Wish i could just go back and do it all over again. Thanks for posting this priceless gem.
I remember doing the same thing!
Thank you for sharing this. It brought me back! Wish I had vid of my escapades...
Yep thats how we did it in Oz too. Awesome old clips.
Bicycles were fun back then, still are. Started riding again a few years ago. Started with road bikes, picked up a mountain bike so I could start doing wheelies, and jumps!
Mid 50's here and also road ride - and wheelie :)
Man thank you for this.
You just put a big smile on my face.
I'm 52 years young and remember like it was yesterday.
A 1 foot high ramp then seemed to be 5 to 6 feet tall back then.
Thanks again man for a memory.
This is why I love UA-cam.
You can find anything.
Your vid was shared to me from my childhood neighbor who we all jumped and rode bikes together.
Thanks man.
Happy Independence Day.
Atlanta Georgia
All I can think about is that 3 speed gearshift. That thing would hurt you in ways nothing else ever could.
@@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si
o yeah .
The ole 3 speed.
I had forgotten about that one.
Thanks for bringing that to light.
Good time's.
I can't even tell you how awesome this is, why's I got dust in my eye all of a sudden. Man this brings me back, we use get two buddies to lay down and we'd take turns jumping over each other. Yellow bike guy got er done!, he's know how to do it. There were certain kids ain't know way I'd let them jump me.
I love the old times even though I wasn’t born yet and the bikes from 70,80,90 are awesome I’m collecting them and fixing them with my dad
Mine was metallic green and had a flat surface rear "slick" tire at one point. I remember the handle bars splitting on a jump landing. Thanks for the nostalgia!
Ironically, I'm watching this while waiting for my Yamaha XT1200ZE to get the ecu reflashed at the dyno shop. I'm 58 years old, things don't always change. 😎
Ahhh man ! Does that ever bring back memories when my Brothers and me also used to jump our bikes on home made ramps,,we,d jump over used tires and had our bumps and bruises trying to be like Evel Knievel, haha, great video !
Awesome! Had that same childhood and same Sting-Ray bike. We all did it!! Thanks for sharing.
Actually, I had a Condor from Zellers. It had the finned grips, just like 1970's motorcycles. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦✌
Sting Ray with the wide rear factory slick. Very cool bikes. Lots of chrome.
Greatest decade to be a kid. I loved the 70's.
So Great Watching Those Kids Having Fun.
And The Nostalgia Of Seeing The Big American Cars On The Street..
I remember my friend Tony and I used to jump ramps in front of his house . He at one time got the neighbors and family members to lay down and jump over them 14 to be exact. His Grandmother was the 14th and cleared her by a long shot! Ok the good old days
I still got that yellow 68 Stingray, and I am still riding it!
Love seeing old footage like this!
Thanks for the flashback and the great vibes it brought along with it. Smiled the whole way through.
LOL, we thought we were so cool back then. Good video.
We were, and our bikes too!!
Remember the baseball cards we put in the wheels with clothes pins
We were, dude! Kids these days couldn’t hang👍
Ifvthe girls spoke with you, you were.. A shame nobody had taught us that, because there were sooooo many "hungry" ones, never getting an offer, because we were indoctrinated with "Sugar and spice, and...."...
Thanks for this, Skip, and I was jumping my Sting-Ray in the Seventies, too. And I got to be a lucky duck who actually saw Evel wheelie and jump his Harley at the Ontario Motor Speedway in '71. And afterwards, I suppose I was under the influence of Evel, me and every other kid with a Sting-Ray :)
Bro - I had that Honda shirt and a Grey Ghost 5 speed Schwinn and and we spent every day in summer making wood ramp jumps, longest skid contests and farthest wheelie contests. Grew up in Sunny Hills Fullerton Cal and once we got a little older I started riding an XR75 Honda and never stopped and I am 56 now and still ride a Pro-circuit CR250 only now we jump big gaps at Beaumont in the lovely hills. Thank you Schwinn...
Jumpin ramps n cards in the spokes. The best days ever!!
I had the Ross Barracuda with the old school speedometer. Good times. 😎
Is it crazy that I’m 12 and want these bikes so badly
ERNSTEROCK na mate I'm 13 and I have a 1978 malvern star look at the tip/ junkyard you can find some bangers I got a repco dragster from the tip for free hut me up if you need help
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57 yo, I have 2 & they are awesome good luck champ hope you find a dragster👍
You can get new replicas of these amazing machines on the Wal-Mart website.. They're not as good as these bicycles, but they're affordable.. These bikes in original condition cost big bucks..
Child of the 80s here. Well done. Can confirm this way still going on in 86.
That's the America I remember. Kids being kids and having a blast. Great video!
I feel sad right now, I want to go back to those times the old gang of about 15 guys in my neighbourhood, everyday was an adventurer and everyone was up for it there was alot of trips to the accident and emergency department and alot of plaster paris, 😂👍
that is gold
So rad! Such a cool thing to see all you kids kickin it with your bikes! The jumps are gnarly (mentally) for kids, and that one jump the baby did was super special. Thanks for sharing!!
AWESOME! I tried a stand on set wheelie on my Schwinn. Brke my thumb. Lol. Great times. I'm 60 now and love the video. Thank you.
really enjoyed this video.. use to do the same thing on the same kind of bike back then.. oh good times!
I cleared 13 trash cans on a downhill street with my 10-speed back in the 70s.
Good thing we didn't have any Karen's back in those days around our neighborhood. 😆 🚲 LOL I still have gravel scars on my knees, shins, shoulder and elbows.
Watched this on my 53rd birthday. Smiled the entire time. What a time to grow up. Nostalgia overload for me !
I wanna go back to those days.This video captures the 70s perfectly
This is great! Today, kids would get tickets for doing this at a public property. The 21st century sucks.
Thank you. Had a big grin on my face too. Those were the days. We would keep building them bigger and bigger. That got boring and we started building them all rickety and called them death ramps. Wheres the time machine?
RHODE ISLAND HERE SO GREAT TO SEE THIS I WAS ONE OF THESE KIDS IN THE 70 60 YEARS OLD NOW HAD THE SAME BIKE LOVE YOU GUYS GOD BLESS BROUGHT BACK GREAT MEMORIES THANSKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING
I was born 1970 and I remember those bicycles and the 70s. What a time to be alive man!
that was groovy man,,,...,,,.. far out,,,...,,, totally boss............. in 1968 I was 10
That's how it was in the 70's I know i grew up threw the 70's.
CARE FREE TIMES
Who remembers when AJAY's came out in the 70's. They weighed a ton but lasted a whole lot longer than Schwinn rims did. 16 or 20 gauge spokes and got my first set for XMas.
Love it. Thx. I had one of those 5 speed Schwinns with a banana seat and huge gearshift lever. We built ramps and jumped over stuff non stop.
…and BB gun wars. As you can see, I never did grow up and still a kid at heart at 62.😂
Exactly, I’m 60, did all that and more. I’m growing old but I’ll never grow up😁
Oh man, I got my ass beat good for getting caught BB gun fighting.
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Not me any my friends. We all learned how to fight and kept our eyes before PPE even existed.
Yeah, no PPE for us either in the 70's , besides heavy coats to try to numb the sting.
When life was simple and your dollar was worth 95 cents.
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Wonderful video. 👍👍👍
It reminds me of the days before pussification took over.
And here at 50+ years, we didn’t think anything about how cool our bikes were back then. Cheers for capturing/posting this. 🇨🇦👍🏼
Great! That is how i remember it...
It looks kinda silly now, but at the time, this was as exciting as the x-games is now.
Brings back a lot of memories , thank you . I’m a little bit older but by the early 70s we were ditching the ape hangers and banana seats with sissy bars and replacing them with mx bars and seats off a 10 speed that we got from the swap meet because we realized there’s no way to bale when you’re jumping a 20’ wide rainwash cavern 8’ deep off a dirt ramp that we built with shovels .
A lot of teeth / bones / feelings got hurt at that spot .
And yes we built plywood ramps but they were 4’ tall , might be the record for how far a qa50 landed successfully.
We weren’t evil , just having fun.
The REAL Wonder Years right here, boy how i miss em
BOSS
Awesome video! I did the exact same thing. I have a photo of me with my bike wearing a plastic helmet my mom got me at Goodwill complete with the added stars and bars applied with markers.....wearing bell bottoms. Those were the times!
Nice Sting Ray. I had a 5-spd in Green metallic with the silver/white metallic banana seat. That puppy was so nice I never jumped with it (like I had with my previous Woolworth single-speed special). IIRC that Schwinn cost around $90.00 after taxes back in 1971/72 - and I helped pay for it.
It's like I'm watching a video of myself! What a great time to grow up.
Hell yeah! The kid with the sun visor jumping his Stingray might be the most 70's thing ever. I'm a mid 70's kid, but from Indiana so our 70's lasted through a good part of the 80's too.
Damn who would of known to video back then! Awesome footage, brings me back to when I was young. Thanks for sharing this.
This is pure gold. Thanks for recording and preserving it.
I loved those days! You, your banana seat 5 speed and a rotted plywood ramp. We were legends in our own minds.
Totally legends
Baseball cards in the spokes.
There are not enough words in the human language to truly convey the admiration and appreciation to the wonderful person who had the foresight and the passion to capture these truly amazing moments and experiences. This has by far been one of the happiest times that I have ever spent on UA-cam. The emotion that I am experiencing right now is on the one hand shocking to me but at the same time, it is truly healing. I had no photos or home movies of my childhood. My friends. Our moments. But we grew up just as you and your friends did. So I will live through your movie. Thank you for that.
Thanks, it was my Dad
Awesome video! Thanks for bringin' back some great memories. Had a green Columbia back then and would jump the biggest hardest dirt jumps we could find.
Driveways have built in ramps on each side at the curb. I could spend all day riding around finding the best ones to get the best lift.
Man that was awesome! I lived on a Culdisac In Palo Alto, CA in the early 70’s. We could set up our ramps in the street without worries about traffic. All the neighbor kids taking turns. I had a custom bike my brother built for me. Schwinn frame, real motorcycle handlebars, and get this a custom front fork suspension! Someone my brother knew was custom building these suspension forks and he did some trading to get them for me. Of course I was the only kid that had them. Super heavy though, all steel. Aluminum wasn’t a thing in the bike world back then. Moved to a farm in Idaho in 1975. My dad asked me if I would rather have a horse or motorcycle for Christmas. I thought for a minute, pictured myself running the horse along the canal bank, then I pictured myself on the motorcycle JUMPING the canal! Motorcycle won out over the horse and dad bought me a Yamaha 80, that was the end of bicycles for a while.
Great video I had a schwin cotton picker 5 speed springer front shocks on back also whamo wheelie bars great times
Encapsulates our childhood and love of bikes perfectly -- Happy tear to my eye - Thanks for sharing!!!...
Thank you sir, at 55 now I remember these days. Without cable, internet, and cell phones, we seemed more social and happy then. I really enjoyed watching this, thank you again.
I had a 5 speed swinn, that shifter really sucked when you crashed, but growing up in the 70s is one of my favorite memories.