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Probably 1955-56 range and a kid down the block had what was called an 26”English racer chrome frame. I had never ridden anything other than a traditional fat tube American bike. I begged him for a ride and he said OKAY but don’t shift the gears. Off I went and as soon as I got around the corner I started pedaling as fast as I could, it was a racing bike after all. I began going down a hill and was trying to see how fast I could go, I figured I would try the gears and pulled the lever down which was into first gear. Big mistake as I lost all resistance to the pedals and I lost balance and went into a death wobble just as a manhole cover appeared in my path. I went head over heels and did a face plant into the tar and gravel road. Bloodied up my face and walked the bike back around the corner to my waiting buddies .
Was racing after a buddy that just got into racing, so I was chasing hard, when the bag I had my clothes in fell off the handle bars and into the front tire. Can't remember the next hour or so, but I did have a cool head wound bandage like in the the 3 stooges when I went to see the temple of doom for the first time...
 
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