How'd you get around as a kid?

[Is Don on the phone?]

I remember moving up from my Royce-Union banana seat with coaster brakes to a (yes) Spitfire 10 Speed, and thinking I was just the king of the world! I loved the ten-speed, once I learned to work the gears and got used to the hand brakes. My range went from a matter of blocks to just about anywhere I wanted to go....