Silverfish Wrote:If it's a boy's bike, you could have baseball cards attached to the spokes of the wheels, so they make noise when you ride.
I can't speak for every neighborhood, but I know we didn't do the baseball card thing in the early '80s where I lived at the time (Orange County). I never saw such a thing, but I read/heard about it having been done before I was born, e.g., in the '50s. See Stephen King's
It for an example.
I had a Huffy at that age, but I think the BMX was more popular, as others have said. The last time I saw my Huffy was ages ago, but I was astonished at how heavy it was compared to a modern, adult-size mountain bike.
I assume this is for the YA RJ novel?
Blake