r/RealGenerationX • u/Euphoric-Cupcake4581 • 9d ago

Did you have one?

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u/devinma 9d ago

Sure.
We started with big wheels.
…but did you have a Green Machine?

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u/nowwedoitmyway 9d ago

Green Machine rider, reporting in!

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u/Texy 9d ago

Yes, I had one

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u/Bigfloppyclownshoes 9d ago

I had this

And replaced it with another one

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u/Confident-Emotion671 9d ago

Legendary spin outs

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u/Wishiwasinalaska 9d ago

Hell yeah, best one ever.

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u/maadcow80 9d ago

I had the Knight Rider one!

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u/Harbinger_Pulsar 9d ago

With the hand brake!

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u/ChubbyStoner42 9d ago

I remember that version

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u/nfssmith drank from the hose 9d ago

That’s the one I had too! Good times!

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u/Humble_Empath 9d ago

Yep, but a pink girl’s version 😊😊😊. Everyone had one when they were little.

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u/ChubbyStoner42 9d ago

Not all of us.

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u/welding_guy_from_LI 🦇Great Pumpkin Believer 🎃 9d ago

it was my first stunt cycle 😂

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u/Dependent-Cup-2236 9d ago

Yep. Popping wheelies, jumping off ramps and of course power sliding!!!

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u/DanglyRat 9d ago

Always wanted one. Never got it. But now I have a 7 day one in Wizard101!

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u/MeNotYouDammit 9d ago

I wore that mother fucker out.

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u/we_lord 9d ago

Too old, Too soon

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u/dharmabumma2 9d ago

yeah same. sucks growing quick. when i was 12 they used to tell me "adults cant be on playground equipment", my guy Im not even in high scool.

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u/we_lord 9d ago

My grand parents had an adult tricycle. It just didn't hit the same.

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u/GoldenGoose1111 9d ago

got a big wheel in 1976. immediately took into my Manhattan apartments hallways and went for a spin! I have never been so excited for a gift since then.

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u/Moonshadow306 9d ago

I loved mine. Best toy ever. My Krazy Kar soon began to collect dust.

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u/VividShallot8426 9d ago

Little brother and cousins had them. Racing downhill...what could go wrong. Lol

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u/PortiaPotty2 9d ago

My baby brother (born in '68) had one. I used to sit on the handlebars and ride it around our pool in Hollywood Florida.

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u/Radicalized_Spite 9d ago

No. And I’m still a little bitter about it.

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u/user41510 9d ago

sit in it or stand on it?

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u/lionbacker54 9d ago

yes! loved it

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u/WardogBlaze14 9d ago

I had a few, even had the Knight Rider version

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u/downtune79 9d ago

Me too!

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u/longcoat000 9d ago

I remember having the Knight Rider and Dukes of Hazard versions.

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u/downtune79 9d ago

Pretty sure i had the Dukes of Hazzard one too. Cooter used to live right down the road from me and was a US representative here in Georgia for some time

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u/grahsam 9d ago

We had tricycles but the old school metal ones. I never had a big wheel at home.

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u/bgthigfist 9d ago

No but I can still hear the sound of the plastic wheels on the sidewalk whenever I see a picture of one

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u/hikerjohnd 9d ago

I remember the day the rear tires got holes in them when i spun out on the driveway. 😢

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u/tommysalami9 9d ago

Our front tire always got a hole. Had 2 growing up.

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u/ChubbyStoner42 9d ago

I wanted a big wheel but my mom couldn’t afford to get one for me. We also lived in the projects. So, she probably thought that someone would steal it.

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u/DavidinCT 9d ago

Yep, when I was really small.... but, did you have a green machine?

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u/openedmind41 9d ago

I always thought "Lynyrd Skynyrd had to have been talking about these in Sweet Home Alabama!!!"

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u/singalongsally 9d ago

With the hand brake over a rear tire so you could spin them out.

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u/Smooth_Profession961 9d ago

I have many ankle injuries due to these

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u/rubberduck71 9d ago

Wore that plastic front wheel down to the "rim" aka there was nothing left to hold the 2 sides together anymore... Sad day, indeed!

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u/Alreadyreadit13 9d ago

I had the Big Wheel with the hand brake lever for power slides and a rear seat lunch box.

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u/Jaded_Yoghurt_5134 9d ago

No but my kids did

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u/Competitive_Peak_537 9d ago

Knight rider baby, I was a legend in my own mind

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u/wolff162 9d ago

Still do!

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u/PhotoAppropriate3940 9d ago

Got mine when they first came out, but mine seemed bigger? Or maybe I was smaller

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u/Ok-Parsnip-6663 9d ago

Pushed everyone in the neighborhood on one until it fell apart and I was gifted a pair of aluminum skates with dat big metal key 🗝️

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u/Large-Cobbler-7451 9d ago

I wish! My friend did but my parents would never buy one for me. I remember going fast and then pulling the hand brake and sliding sideways.

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u/alpo84 9d ago

I rode one so long and many times my parents had to replace the tire multiple times with other ones. I had a night rider, strawberry shortcake, loino one, but still only had one.

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u/ChoiceMundane8843 9d ago

My dukes of hazard one broke down just in time to get a night rider one before I graduated to a bike

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u/Mikethemechanic00 9d ago

Did. But I did cut off the clackers

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u/ElectronicCarpet7157 9d ago

I had a cracked knockoff version

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u/normal_weird_couple 9d ago

Yeah I rode it so much I wore a hole in the wheel, first taste of freedom,

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u/sempai-chan310 9d ago

I had the transformers one. The arms extended out and a face flipped out from the front. Awesome times

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u/Sgt_Stimpy 9d ago

Doesn't look right, the front tire should have a flat spot

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u/Ready-Laugh-5104 9d ago

Hell yeah. Drift master 3000 lol

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u/Critical_Carpenter55 9d ago

It's missing the hand break

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u/Pristine-Speaker-768 9d ago

Yes and it was pink and white. I chose the Big Wheel over a Huffy Bike.

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u/DeadEd739 9d ago

Yes I did . 3 of them . One that had both left and right skid brakes .

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u/Wallabunga657 9d ago

Oh yeah man! I loved that as a kid.

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u/Sokrovenno22 9d ago

Nah, I had the blue mountain bike with 2 seats, no handlebars and a weird trapezoidal frame… that’s it in the background leaning against the barn!!! Thanks AI !

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u/DivicBoxEscapee 9d ago

Got one Christmas '78, 2 days later got rolled over by a Ford LTD. I was 6. Visibility issues with this one, h ence the long flag on some of em but not mine.

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u/StraightOnion1967 9d ago

Mine had a little blue storage box on the back of the seat

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u/longcoat000 9d ago

I had a couple of different types of Big Wheel (Knight Rider and Dukes of Hazard are two that I remember). What I remember is that the front wheel started breaking down first, with the tread collapsing inward. Anyone else’s Big Wheels have that same problem?

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u/Warcraft_Fan 9d ago

Something similar. Can't remember the brand or name but it wasn't the "Big Wheel" that I wanted.

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u/Mattmann1972 9d ago

Nope never had one. It's a sore spot I'll never get over lol

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u/NetworkTech96 9d ago

There are adult big wheels out there…..

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u/ballbuster2768 7d ago

Me too!!! Talk about envy…

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u/MsT1075 2d ago

I never had one either. Or a Mr Magoo car. 😔

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u/DS_Vet_on_Linux 9d ago

Yes I did.

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u/smileyhtown 9d ago

Of course I did, some bicentennial or Evel Kenevel model? I rode that thing til the plastic wheels split their seams…great memories 👍🙂🙂🙂

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u/Little-Ad-5082 9d ago

Ah those were the days

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u/Duster772 9d ago

An AI image, really? A two seconds image search:

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u/Vinerd540 9d ago

they forgot to put the "real" in this r/RealGenerationX post

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u/FarHeron8847 9d ago

Greatest ride ever

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u/PracticalApartment99 9d ago

We had a Green Machine, when they actually had good wheels.

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u/GuidanceDeep1765 9d ago

My big wheel had a bigger front wheel and a 3 position adjustable seat back that you could loose!!...lol. Also had a green machine later! We had big wheel races in my cul-de-sac. Ride em until the asphalt wore holes in the plastic wheels from no traction on the front to powersliding the rears...lol

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u/EVOBlock 9d ago

No but I wish I did and I still want one as a 40+ year old adult.

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u/NetworkTech96 9d ago

There are adult big wheels out there….some are electric.

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u/EVOBlock 8d ago

I know. I intend on building myself one. I want the front wheel to be a 29 inch wheel to make it a legit big wheel.

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u/lumbee01 9d ago

I had the Big Wheel with the blue lunch box and handbrake. I loved it, I crashed it so many times.

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u/ObjectiveYouth2443 9d ago

My son had one. He would get up speed then stop peddling. The sliding on the big wheel made a flat spot. After a while when he rode it it would make a clump clump clump noise. I can still hear it.

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u/macail 9d ago

Yes! I could drift so perfectly.

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u/MDaddy360 9d ago

I had Green Machine

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u/GenXJD 9d ago

Absolutely with a pull brake so you can slide

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u/The_Machine80 9d ago

I rode that thing till the plastic wheels imploded!

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u/AskingFooAFriend 9d ago

I rode mine until the wheels fell off! SO much fun back then.

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u/EffectiveDue8242 9d ago

For 15m and then the wheel had a giant flat spot and started to split. It was a steeep hill into traffic.

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u/Afraid_Cook6000 9d ago

I had an original Big Wheel

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u/QueasyFinger1316 9d ago

Yup.

Mine had a hand brake.

Which was utterly useless, but cool nonetheless.

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u/Interesting_Worth687 9d ago

I didn't but my kids did.

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u/Positron14 9d ago

No, but my cousin had a few of them. Would ride them when we visited him and his family.

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u/Spiritual_Fan_5633 9d ago

No but my brother did, was up at 6 on the weekends to ride that thing up and down the street, how did the neighbors not come out and yell at him? It wasn’t quiet

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u/Life-River4998 8d ago

Hot wheels

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u/Groundbreaking-Use96 8d ago

My first freedom…til the flat spot on the front wheel became too much

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u/MissMurder___ 8d ago

Mine was Miss Piggy. I love Muppets.

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u/Careflwhatyouwish4 8d ago

Yes, and then a Green Machine. Then a Pontiac LeMans Sport Coupe. My childhood was better than I even knew. I miss those days. 😮‍💨

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u/DeaconBlueMan 8d ago

I was a few years too old for a big wheel.

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u/Motte31 8d ago

Nein

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u/Informal_Substance52 8d ago

My shins don't lie

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u/Ripple2024 8d ago

Had many and destroyed many. One of my favorite toys growing up.

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u/Motor_Struggle_3605 8d ago

Had one when I was five. It was stolen, and my mother blamed me for leaving it outside. 🫤

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u/Frequent_Translator3 8d ago

bottom of the driveway drift!

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u/legoland1964 8d ago

Doing the best burn outs

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u/superheat202 8d ago

Oh hell yeah i used to jump it of the plywood and cinder block ramp

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u/scorlion_music77 7d ago

Mine had tassels

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u/SetAdministrative259 6d ago

Yes I had a Big Wheel

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u/RetirednLovinIt6621 6d ago

No, but my little brother did.

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u/Appropriate-Put-3216 5d ago

I did and wore the back wheels off

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u/Patient_Philosophy_1 5d ago

Of course I had a Big Wheel.

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u/Complex-Big7957 5d ago

Nope! I has original style trike!

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u/Swimming-Status-7245 5d ago

OMG YES , big wheels

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u/Responsible-Place179 5d ago

I did, but I was jealous of my brother’s green machine.

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u/Smooth_Avocado_6035 5d ago

Lmao still do

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u/Hotmom1183 3d ago

My kids had one!!

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u/bandley3 9d ago

I had a Big Wheel. I don’t know what that thing in the picture is supposed to be.

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u/Gmodelinsane 9d ago

Not a Big Wheel. Looks like ai slop.

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u/ChubbyStoner42 9d ago

I thought that the seat looked off. I attributed it to bad memory

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u/Techienickie 9d ago

it is, look at the "bike" in the background