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Vigo:
Did you check in the basement of the Alamo?

Heh. This one will sit with you forever. Just being a realist. My old man still brings up his model train collection he had as a kid, probably worth over $2k today, and it was all traded away for a bag of potatoes. Neph is right though. You will be fine without it. Your efforts probably made some kid really really happy.

fallacy:
Kind of a dumb story, you only had like forever and a day to take your precious bike home with you; and why do you keep harping on what you spent on it as a kid? I am sure if I wanted to I could add up 10's of thousands of stuff I bought as a kid and in high school that went in the trash or ended up being sold at garage sales for peanuts.

mike boss:
@ JMB that is an awesome collection.

I agree it is just stuff, and the memory sits with me.
I think it's kinda messed up that someone would toss out something that wasn't in the way, was not his to touch, and was costly.
It pisses me off that 3 other family members saw it and nobody picked it up, placed a call and then decided.
I've been called for far less...........like do I want a bushel of tomatoes and randomness from the garden.
"Hey your brother is throwing out that old bike, do you want it for anything ? Do you want to take it home ?"
That would not have been hard.

I'd be willing to bet many of the people on this forum are all fans of nostalgia. I am, from wrestling, to sneakers, to old toys, to video games.
This was an other area of my childhood that I wanted to posses and pass on.

Thought I'd share the story as dumb and random as it may be.
To each his own !

UnoWho:

--- Quote from: mike boss on August 24, 2018, 09:09:32 am ---As a kid, perhaps into my early teens I was a huge BMX fan.
I would buy the magazines, watch videos, even wore the clothing.
I remember I had a Norco "spitfire" bike that I fixed up a little....

This was years ago...........my blood honestly boils when I think about it.
I look locally to find bikes that remind me of this.......I should make my little
brother pay til I form a collection worth about $600.

--- End quote ---

I know how you feel mate. Me mum took my savings account and bought a red Raleigh Chopper with a 5 speed gear shift in the middle, and it had a raw power handle grip that made motor cycle sounds. I had like one hundred quid in my savings account, which was quite a bit at the time (1976) and rode that bike for several years. It ended up in my uncle's loft for 20 odd years, and he gave it to the kid around the corner. Well that kid is a good mate of mine, and ended buying it off him for a hundred quid. Its in my loft now, but it is amazing to think after all these years that bike kept its value. Its a bit small to get on. I tried with a seat extender but I looked like a nob riding it, so it is back in the loft. True story.

nitrogen_widget:
I have a late 80's chrome BMX bike in my basement with some supposedly expensive fancy wheels.
It's rusty though.
My friend gave it to me for my kid when I helped to move her dad out of the family home.
It belonged to her brother.

I'm not into BMX, she says it's worth something fixed up.
IDK it pedals backwards.
weird to me.

she said not to mention it to her brother but it's been about 2 yrs and he didn't miss it.
He also didn't miss his giant beer can collection either. :)

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