When we moved to Florida in 1982, I didn’t have a bicycle. I had one when I lived in New York State but I think we gave that one away. My cousin D had gotten a new bicycle. So I got to use her old bike. Yes, it was a girls bike but that is all they had. When we moved to Florida, we did not know the salaries for workers were way below what we thought. Due to that, we did not have money to buy extravagant things like a bicycle.
Ah, the good old days of kids riding bikes. I had one and, like you, rode it everywhere. Good times :)
Great story, Matt!
It would have been worse if you'd been on it: lucky escape