This should be a thing

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EarlyLiquidLunch@reddit

I hope they are drunk / high and using neither helmets or lights. 🤣

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t_bone_stake@reddit (OP)

Would it be a Gen X/Xenniel (of which I’m a member of) event if they were? One would think there’ll be designated folks on where to turn with flashlights.

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For our 20th college reunion in 2018, me and my boys skipped the big event at the university and instead got big wheels and rode them all over suburban Schenectady. We finally got the cops called on us from his next door neighbor at 2am thinking we were a bunch of teenagers, not 40-some yr olds

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Emergency-Crab-7455@reddit

........Bad Boys, Bad Boys, what'cha gonna do........

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nicspace101@reddit

Incels making noise and blocking traffic. Sure.

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Sweet-Consequence773@reddit

Better that than drinking, gambling or fighting !

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JinxyMagee@reddit

I loved to ride my Big Wheel down hilly driveways and use the brake to see how much of a circle spin I could do.

You learn fast how to distribute your weight not to tip over.

How are they able to pedal without banging up their knees?

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t_bone_stake@reddit (OP)

Looks like fabricated adult sized Big Wheels but that’s my guess going from the photo.

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JinxyMagee@reddit

Now I want to ride an adult size Big Wheel.

I wonder if there is a place that one can do that?

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greatlakesseakayaker@reddit

NGL I’d love to have a grown up version, we were too poor for me to have one as a kid

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What_if_I_fly@reddit

I didn't get one because my long legs made it ridiculous/ungainly to get around since I was tall.

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Fellowshipofthebowl@reddit

cubes for my boys

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NoGood2154@reddit

okay, but I'm showing up in this...

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Legitimate_Ocelot491@reddit

I still can't believe my parents bought me one. I had the baddest ride in the neighborhood.

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FutureMany4938@reddit

Are you Eric? That rich kid up the street?!

Lol. He had the only green machine on the block. I had the big wheel with the little trunk and the break lever for spinning out.

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Rodharet50399@reddit

The brake lever, all of our first experience drifting.

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Life-Finding5331@reddit

That brake lever was pretty dope

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FutureMany4938@reddit

Dewd, the tree on the sidewalk in front of the house had lifted up the concrete, giving me this perfect tilted ramp. For some reason I was obsessed with crashing (I was 6, sue me), so I'd get going full speed, then drift into that ramp and make sure to end up underneath the big wheel for dramatic effect.

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bigSTUdazz@reddit

Yeah, a sweet whip.

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TxJprs@reddit

U would be king

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70sRitalinKid@reddit

Rode mine til the wheels fell off

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Subject-Ad-8055@reddit

Those cheap ass plastic Wheels always got a flat spot on them with a hole in it

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70sRitalinKid@reddit

Sure, but those cheap ass plastic wheels with a flat spot and a hole was on a Green Machine

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donstermu@reddit

Rode mine til someone stole it. Fucking thieves

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CapeManiak@reddit

Rode mine after I stole it.

Wait.

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charms75@reddit

Me too...god that thing was my life back then. Good times.

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Digisap@reddit

One of the greatest ‘toys’ of all-time. The gasps were audible when the green machine was rolled out of the garage.

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UpOrDownItsUpToYou@reddit

My kid has one

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Laurieladybug@reddit

I had one but it got stolen. My mom walked the entire neighborhood and found it. She knocked down the door of the house that had it and came back with it.

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lcrker@reddit

asked for one every birthday and Christmas and never got one. was only able to ride one 2x. 1st time was kind meh, second time a while later I understood how it worked and I remember it being awesome.

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Crossingthelineagain@reddit

Oh hell ya !

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jakeoverbryce@reddit

Always wanted one of those

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yoko000615@reddit

I would be so jealous if you did that!!

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gingerjaybird3@reddit

Oh you’re the rich spoiled kid in the neighborhood?!?!/s😜

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yuhuh-@reddit

Hell ya!

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Dismal-Bobcat-7757@reddit

I asked for a Big Wheel and ended up with this.

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ElectricTomatoMan@reddit

Absolutely. I can't fit on a Big Wheel.

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shit_ass_mcfucknuts@reddit

This was the best thing I've ever driven.

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HazySkyFire@reddit

I can still feel the slide on that

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raf_boy@reddit

Adam Sandler and Kevin James have to blow off steam somehow. Sheesh!

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Hairy_Orchid6128@reddit

Big wheels. We used to have the garden hose out. We would fill the under seat with “gas” and ride until the water leaked out of the bottom and then refilled again. What wonderful summers those were.

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Hairy_Orchid6128@reddit

Any green machines out there?

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Available-Pride-891@reddit

You know their mommies are at home drinking Chablis from the box.

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Hildegard-13@reddit

Love it!! I got one for my 50th birthday and it is awesome, I am always trying to get more people to get them so I can have a big wheel gang too!

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godleymama@reddit

This is freaking AWESOME!

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DaisyJane1@reddit

I had a Big Wheel, and I remember racing around the family car in the driveway imagining I was Bill Elliott.

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everyoneinside72@reddit

I want to play too!

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Mendonponds@reddit

Never got one. Still bitter.

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Direct_Bug_1917@reddit

All the women peering through the windows muttering, stupid men and their stupid fun...

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Eyeroll4days@reddit

I want in

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dysteach-MT@reddit

I grew up in rural Montana. We got the bright idea of hooking up a rope from a motorcycle to a Big Wheels. Friend riding the Big Wheels still has scars from getting pulled through some cactus.

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ghosted_2020@reddit

We tied a piece of plywood to our three wheeler. The effect is sorta like pulling a tube with a boat. Was all good til the plywood found an immovable rock and did a 180.

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LDawnBurges@reddit

We used to do something similar, at the Beach, with a Big Red 3 wheeler & a yellow banana sled. That thing got freakin hot (plastic being pulled on sand friction).

It’s amazing we all survived our youth! 🤣

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KnotUndone@reddit

The real reason there are so few GenX is how hard we played

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Majik_Sheff@reddit

And why so many of the survivors have 1000yd stares.

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No-Meringue2388@reddit

Huh? Oh. Hi.

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ofRayRay@reddit

I’m sure I had some knockoffs called Big Rounds, but mine sucked. Couldn’t go up hill, couldn’t steer, and once you got moving, feet had to separate from peddles.

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tinfoilzhat@reddit

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Rode one of mine right under a moving school bus. I did not sit down for a week after the beating I got. But....... I still was given another new big wheel ! #genxparenting

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xenya@reddit

Drifter Dads 🤣

I feel like women would like to get in on this too.

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diente_de_leon@reddit

Heck yeah! Especially if it still has that little brake lever so you can drift!

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Mondschatten78@reddit

I keep telling my husband we need to get a couple of them lol

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Ohshitz-@reddit

Im game

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xenya@reddit

Well we need a gang name. (I feel like I'm nine again...lol)

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home_dollar@reddit

and a secret handshake, maybe

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xenya@reddit

and a password to the clubhouse

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Useful-Badger-4062@reddit

I’m in.

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anotherpredditor@reddit

Those look like drift trikes.

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Conscious-Big707@reddit

I had a knock off green machine. We used to ram that thing into the garage door. There was a dent in the wheel that we kept riding it. I would love to ride one of the adult except I don't think I could get up after I got in LOL

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pedsmursekc@reddit

I'd be all over that

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PaoloilTerzo@reddit

I rode mine until the back wheels fell apart. The adjustable seat back got lost somewhere along the way. The road we lived on had a steep decline at one end that always washed out during storms so the asphalt and rocks that the road was made out of was just in piles. I used to pedal down that hill until my legs couldn’t keep up with the speed of that front wheel. I would take my feet off the pedals and just fly down that hill. How I didn’t die I’ll never know.

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applegui@reddit

hahahaha

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Nynydancer@reddit

This is amazing!

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Riffman42@reddit

These are my people!

But sadly when I was a kid, a Big Wheel was not in the budget...

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RiffRandellsBF@reddit

My Green Machine crew would have rumbled them.

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New-Arachnid-9265@reddit

I had a black Cobra big wheel. The snake stickers have all worn off but it’s in great shape. It’s in my shed waiting for the next generation of riders. 😁

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UsualCharacter@reddit

Cincinnati has an all-day festival every July called DangerWheel. It’s adult downhill Big Wheel racing. Each heat gets a little more challenging, with obstacles and ramps. Lots of fun and proceeds benefit charity.

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The-Blue-Barracudas@reddit

I want to live here now..

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No_Pickle7030@reddit

I’m seriously jealous.

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slavelabor52@reddit

So I spotted a similar thing where I live. But not big wheels. On several occasions I have spotted groups of dudes on blinged out scooters riding around from like 2-4am.

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weird-oh@reddit

Somehow, that helps restore my faith in humanity.

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CrypticTechnologist@reddit

We're these are the kind of adult friends I wish I had.

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JenniferJuniper6@reddit

Yes!

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JenniferJuniper6@reddit

Sign me up.

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No-Win-2741@reddit

I bet they all have shops in their garage where they soup up their big wheels.

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Laurieladybug@reddit

Oh! A clubhouse! Great idea!

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TheDeadlySpaceman@reddit

I was gonna say, my one quibble with the above is that they almost certainly aren’t riding together, those dudes are racing

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Gomer_Schmuckatelli@reddit

With that many guys, it's only a matter of time.

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Laurieladybug@reddit

When is the next meeting? Is everyone bringing food? I'll bring brownies.

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thatgenxguy78666@reddit

Never got one as a kid,so I bought what you see in the pic. Drift trike. In my early 50's too!

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anonymousnada@reddit

Googling "trick trike"...

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NeighborhoodNo4274@reddit

Can I follow behind on my hoppity-hop? I never had a big wheel.

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anonymousnada@reddit

Hippity hops (fir adults) are avail! I rode one and the good vibes were flowing!

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Cats-n-Chaos@reddit

Here’s the adult size big wheel store you can buy them https://www.bigwheelrally.com/store/adult.htm

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MowgeeCrone@reddit

Ladies! Get your roller-skates on! We meet in the new estate at midnight!

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anonymousnada@reddit

Lots of GenX amazing roller skaters coming back to the rink near me. I've been skating w my teenager and often think how my parents never did the like w me. Out gen had fun as kids and it's cool to be able to share some if it w next gen.

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Coho444@reddit

I’d do it

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LegitimateEmu3745@reddit

I always wanted one. 😭

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stephenforbes@reddit

I would so do that.

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LayThatPipe@reddit

I love this!!

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VoodooKittyS197@reddit

That’s hilarious 🤣

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please-stop-talking-@reddit

I love this. Adults engaging in good harmless fun. We've all got an inner child but society norms and life demands make us suffocate it. Adults need to have more fun.

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Proud_Ad_8830@reddit

I want to live here

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Fantastic-Use-6773@reddit

Hell yeah!!

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omgkelwtf@reddit

Why the hell isn't this everywhere?

We're all worked up over politics in this country when we need to be putting our energy into shit like this.

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Humbuckerluvr@reddit

THIS.....this right here for the win. Should be mandatory globally. No competition, no posturing. Just Big Wheels at night, drifting around every turn.

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m0bie9@reddit

Too funny!!!

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MobileLocal@reddit

Power slide!!!!!!

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Shen1076@reddit

Big wheel keep on turnin’

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Crossingthelineagain@reddit

That’s so awesome !

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jakeoverbryce@reddit

This is absolutely glorious!

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walk2daocean@reddit

I don't know if they still do it but this used to be a tradition on Easter down Lombard st in SF.

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Phantomtastic@reddit

Vermont Street.

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RedYamOnthego@reddit

Was I the only one to think "SHRINERS!"? They would ride little motorized tricycles in my home town parade each year, doing choreography and everything, so you knew they were practicing regularly during the year.

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Flashy-Friendship-65@reddit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX4fCTO44Ic

Ill raise you these Big Wheels.

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420PDXMatt@reddit

This should be the top comment.

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Useful-Badger-4062@reddit

Want.

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gingerjaybird3@reddit

Sweet!!

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Epic_Tea@reddit

Mid life crisis, but they're millennials so they can't afford motor cycles

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Delicious_Degree6749@reddit

Man I want to join that club.🤠

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Serious-Knee-5768@reddit

Make it a group of nerdy ergonomic recumbent trikes with full lumbar support and gel tushy cushion, and I am so there!

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Human_Link8738@reddit

Imagine trying to be afraid when this biker gang rolls up.

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Taodragons@reddit

lol, never had a big wheel, but I whined long enough that my dad and grandpa built me a go kart with a chainsaw motor. It was very cool, but I only got to drive it once. Rolled it my first time out and my mom made him get rid of it. (Shockingly it had a roll cage and a seat belt so I was fine)

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AnastasiaNo70@reddit

If my brother could still fit on one, he’d freaking love it.

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Vast-Government-8994@reddit

Oh, helll yeahhh sign me up!! Might combat some of the car break-ins at night!!!🤔

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HannahCurlz@reddit

Just crossposted this to r/brosbeingbros

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Suck_My_Thick@reddit

This was reissued a couple years ago as super expensive plaything: https://www.huffy.com/ride-on-toys/green-machine/

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jtrades69@reddit

biker gang

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violet715@reddit

In my area there a long paved running and walking trail and a group of middle aged men meet up every week in one of the parking lots and race RC cars. It is so wholesome.

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Constant_Sky9173@reddit

I'm in. Thats awesome. Just hope the cops aren't around to give DUIs.

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Fine_Cap402@reddit

Yeah, they'd probably bust the Big Wheel race before any of the ricer street takeovers. That's our society these days.

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grandmasterfuzzface@reddit

I have an e scooter that I take out a little later at night, always after 10pm. I exclusively ride it while Im drinking, smoking weed, and with a Bluetooth speaker playing 80's hair metal. I've been seen by the fuzz multiple times and they've never said anything, even when I'm in areas that are only for pedestrians. It's always a fun time.

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