What did you drive at age 5?

[quaternion]

Most of the kids on my block drove tricycles, but I had a cool 4-wheel wagon.

I think 5 was about the age when we transitioned to bikes, creating a 2-wheel equality. But prior to that, I was the envy of everyone.

 

[Dave-W]

what did i drive at age 5? One of these but it was Forest Green:

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

I drove a red #5 fire truck (peddle) that had a bell on the "hood". I remember it well.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I drove my mother nuts.

 

[com7fy8]

I do not remember for sure. I remember having one of those bicycles with the trainer wheels, when I was older.

But at age five I was probably driving myself crazy trying to get ice cream and candy.

 

[Dave G.]

I drove my Fathers 1935 Ford sedan sitting on his lap lol ! Yep he would do that coming home from the dump on the back roads to our house. Then I had a tractor trailer rig I could sit on in the house and push around with my feet. Don't recall a trike but I got a bike at age 7 and that gained me my first sense of freedom if there is such a thing at 7, but it felt like it.

 

[quaternion]

what did i drive at age 5? One of these but it was Forest Green:

I drove a red #5 fire truck (peddle) that had a bell on the "hood". I remember it well.

You guys must have lived uptown. I grew up in a working class neighborhood.

 

[quaternion]

I drove my Fathers 1935 Ford sedan sitting on his lap lol ! Yep he would do that coming home from the dump on the back roads to our house. Then I had a tractor trailer rig I could sit on in the house and push around with my feet. Don't recall a trike but I got a bike at age 7 and that gained me my first sense of freedom if there is such a thing at 7, but it felt like it.

Oh, you were one of those kids.

When my kids came along, I was perplexed. They rode trikes when little, which made sense. But, by the age of 5 there were no kids playing in the neighborhood. They were all playing soccer at some place 30 minutes from our house. So, they didn't want bikes. They wanted me to drive them to soccer. And that continued until they turned 16.

 

[Messerve]

I think a tricycle, but I would also ride our Radio Flyer wagon down the hill if that counts...

 

[quaternion]

I think a tricycle, but I would also ride our Radio Flyer wagon down the hill if that counts...

Were your hands in the air while you screamed?

 

[Messerve]

Were your hands in the air while you screamed?

Of course! But that risked the handle falling forward and flipping the whole thing over.

 

[Darkhorse]

I had a two-wheel scooter which I stood on with one foot and used the other foot to push it.
They were fairly common back then.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Oh, you were one of those kids.

When my kids came along, I was perplexed. They rode trikes when little, which made sense. But, by the age of 5 there were no kids playing in the neighborhood. They were all playing soccer at some place 30 minutes from our house. So, they didn't want bikes. They wanted me to drive them to soccer. And that continued until they turned 16.

Interestingly we played soccer on our bikes. We called it 'bike polo', but we used a soccer ball and kicked it or hit it with a croquet mallet. A great way to really skin up your shins.

 

[timothyu]

Were your hands in the air while you screamed?

No way! You had to steer or it would roll over (hence the term Flyer).

Rode a tricycle but by age 8 had a bicycle and drove our old '49 chevy half ton (farm)

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I think a tricycle, but I would also ride our Radio Flyer wagon down the hill if that counts...

We had one of those too, but it was way too unstable to ride down a hill.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

You guys must have lived uptown. I grew up in a working class neighborhood.

I lived in a working class neighborhood also. My older brother who was 12 years older bought my fire engine for me for Christmas.I was the only girl in a family of five boys and I was the baby. They doted on me.

 

[Chesterton]

Anybody have a Big Wheel?

Or one of these?

That second thing was great. You could propel yourself in any direction, but the best application was turning one wheel in one direction and the other in the opposite direction really fast, spinning yourself around in one place till you got so dizzy you couldn't walk. That was fun. I swear I'd do it now if I had one!

 

[quaternion]

I lived in a working class neighborhood also. My older brother who was 12 years older bought my fire engine for me for Christmas.I was the only girl in a family of five boys and I was the baby. They doted on me.

Unfortunately, I wasn't a good big brother to my sister. Yet, for some reason she still loves me ... or at least she says she does.

 

[quaternion]

Anybody have a Big Wheel?

I didn't get stuff like that. For example, when the rich kids got Legos, I got this:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/8f/2a/818f2ac4ba8e4a50d5c53552bb38b93c.jpg

That second thing was great. You could propel yourself in any direction, but the best application was turning one wheel in one direction and the other in the opposite direction really fast, spinning yourself around in one place till you got so dizzy you couldn't walk. That was fun. I swear I'd do it now if I had one!

No, no, no. I hate spinny things.

 

[Chesterton]

I didn't get stuff like that. For example, when the rich kids got Legos, I got this:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/81/8f/2a/818f2ac4ba8e4a50d5c53552bb38b93c.jpg

That looks possibly at least as interesting as Legos.

No, no, no. I hate spinny things.

Yeah, so did our neighbor. I grew up next door to Bill O'Reilly. He would not let me use that thing near his house.