Your very 1st time

[s7ephanie]

Can you remember it? How far did you ride? I think my 1st ride was about 100 metres ! Sitll cant do long distance, most i can manage is about 35 miles, still not bad for a little old lady

 

[screenman]

I remember bumping into a gas street light.

 

[Slick]

Much the same for me. I bought a cheap bike from Halfords just to keep me occupied while I tried to kick the smokes. Maybe did a couple of miles before I got to a very slight downhill section that I was too frightened to go down in case I couldn't get back up.

It made me smile every day after as I passed the same spot on my commute.

 

[Dayvo]

Probably about two feet when I hit the wall on my red trike. I think I was about three.

Yes, I remember my mum saying it was the winter of 1962/63. There were lots of skid marks after me downstairs.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Photos say it was a tricycle and I was two

 

[Dave 123]

Probably about two feet when I hit the wall on my red trike. I think I was about three.

Yes, I remember my mum saying it was the winter of 1962/63. There were lots of skid marks after me downstairs.

And not much has changed......

 

[Dayvo]

And not much has changed......

Yeah, still plenty of skid marks...

And I've now got three bikes in the living room (two-wheelers).

 

[welsh dragon]

I was given a red trike for my birthday. Went to the end of the road and back. Brilliant bike. I loved it. It had different coloured streamers coming out of the end of the handle bars. There was a step between the 2 back wheels where someone could stand behind and put their hands on the riders shoulders. I was about 7 years old.

 

[Dayvo]

I was given a red trike for my birthday. Went to the end of the road and back. Brilliant bike. I loved it. It had different coloured streamers coming out of the end of the handle bars. There was a step between the 2 back wheels where someone could stand behind and put their hands on the riders shoulders. I was about 7 years old.

Sounds like my bike, too. White saddle, IIRC.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Hedge. Damn hedge. Privet. The smell of privet is etched into my mind.

Damn hedge.

 

[tom73]

I can't really remember much about my 1st ride. But this thread has made be remember the 1st ride I did once both stabilisers came off (can even see my Dad doing it as I watched him.) My mum being at one end of the lawn willing me on and my dad following on from behind steading me a I went in the way only dad's can do

Come to think of it it's the same lawn I used to test out my new bike all these years later. Sadly no parents around to see it

 

[welsh dragon]

Sounds like my bike, too. White saddle, IIRC.

Exactly.

 

[snorri]

I can't remember how old I was, but was lucky to be able to learn on a step through frame bike, although I could not reach the seat, and the handlebars became quite scraped after bouncing off the wall at each side of the narrow lane I was using for my learning experience. Most of my friends learned by putting one foot through the triangle below the crossbar on adult bikes. Smaller framed bikes were a rare sight at that time.
After thinking I had mastered the balancing thing I went off on my first pedal around the block, whilst nearing the end of the third side of the block I felt sufficiently confident to steer with my right hand whilst signalling a left turn ...............big mistake. I lost control and crossed the road then crashed over a railway line to find myself lying between the tracks and feeling quite sore. I've never given a hand signal since.

 

[Drago]

Yep, twas on a Raleigh budgie. First solo ride without stabilizers I jumped 5 cars, popped a 5 mile wheelie, impressed the young chicks no end.

 

[PeteXXX]

Hmmmmm, probably about 1955.....
Probably a Triang.

TBH, not the faintest idea!