Did You Ever Clothespin A Baseball Card To Your Bike's Spokes?

**Autumn Leaves** · 07-10-2009, 09:55 PM

Streamers in your handlebars? Spokie Dokies? Was your bike your pride and joy?

07-10-2009, 09:57 PM

yeah yeah! I remember the card in the spokes, and the streamers from my handlebars.

**melissa** · 07-10-2009, 09:58 PM

yes, a blue stingray, with blue and white streamers on the handlebars, and wooden clothespin baseball cards in the spokes, my husband has that very picture of me on his desk, my dad had it on his desk, and when he died my mother gave it to my husband, I was so so proud of that bike, I couldnt wait to get out of school to ride it home

**janet a** · 07-10-2009, 09:59 PM

Yes, I did. Loved the sound it made. Used to have pink streamers in the handlebars and a pink basket -- I thought I was pretty darn sharp!

Thanks for a fun memory. Have a star!

**zena e** · 07-10-2009, 10:56 PM

Yes had Streamer on my Handle Bars.

No Clothespin a Baseball Cards on Bikes Spokes

Absolutely Bike was the Best . Had it for years. Till I gave it away to
Goodwill when we moved.

07-11-2009, 01:24 AM

Baseball cards were too valuable, so I took my sisters Beatle cards and used them.

**THEAmericanPatriot** · 07-11-2009, 01:25 AM

Baseball/playing cards AND balloons attached to the front forks or fender struts! Also, red/white/blue crepe paper woven through my spokes for the 4th of July. I think I remember black and white streamers on my black and white bike's handle bars.

**Patti** · 07-11-2009, 01:25 AM

I pinned a playing card to my bicycle spokes. One of the fun things was riding down the street and having dogs start barking at the noise. I loved to ride my banana-seat bike, never enjoyed other bikes as much as that one.

**E-ma** · 07-11-2009, 01:26 AM

It was a playing card from a deck of cards. Queen of Hearts on front. Ace of hearts on back.

Streamers were wiped weekly with a wash cloth to get and dust off them. Yes, each individual streamer at a time.

With the high handle bars & a banana sheet it turned into a 2 "passenger vehicle" if needed. Sit one friend behind me & one on the handle bars. Couldn't see well, but that's why the handle bar rider got to ring the bell to warn me of up coming obstacles.

Yes it was my pride & joy. All the kids on the block would meet with our bikes and pick a new direction of adventure. This was easily 7-9 kids all at once racing down the road & short-cut paths.

Now that you mention it, I have not seen little "packs" of children riding around in the last few decades. But those were the high times!
"Look what I can do on my bike." Was always the next challenge for the rest of the kids.

And last, we'd have to find a creek or water drainage ditch so that we could wash up blood from any accidents so no one got into trouble when we returned home at dusk.