Has anyone taken up Bycyling?

[mbsbike2002 0]

OMG!!!!!!!!

That is "my" 7-11! In fact, I'm drinking a capuccino from that store right now! We must've been pretty close neighbors, because I've been going to that 7-11 since 1978!

I grew up on cedar street behind what used to be the Bellview Baptist Church... We moved from there to the north part of Hurst in '79.

That is too funny, though.

B

[mbsbike2002 0]

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f17/before-after-pictures-pix-only-4642/index72.html#post654722

B posted his pictures yesterday.

You are looking good mister!

Thank you, ma'am. I figured they were different enough to warrant posting. That thread is such an inspiration, I figured I should give back some. Besides, there are too few men posting pics there.

B

[TexasFire 84]

I grew up on cedar street behind what used to be the Bellview Baptist Church... We moved from there to the north part of Hurst in '79.

That is too funny, though.

B

Okay...this is getting weirder by the post...before we bought my current "dream home", we lived on Cedar Street! Yes, behind Bellview Baptist!

If you tell me your house number was 725, I will faint!

[mbsbike2002 0]

He's general mills...I know Kellogg has all their cereals....

Seems to be Kellog's only - Did a quick search for Cap'n Crunch and Sugar Bear (Super Sugar Crisp), and didn't come up with anything relevant (although you find some interesting things under sugar bear - who knew???)

B

[mbsbike2002 0]

Okay...this is getting weirder by the post...before we bought my current "dream home", we lived on Cedar Street! Yes, behind Bellview Baptist!

If you tell me your house number was 725, I will faint!

OMG - We lived at 645, so not quite the same house, but very close. I drove down there a few months ago, and that neighborhood has stayed very nice. The house we had looks almost the same as it did when we moved 27 years ago, but with better landscaping!

I used to ride to the 7-11, and there was a bike shop in the Val Oaks shopping center on the other side of Hurstview. That's where I got my first 10-speed as a teenager. There was also a popcorn place at the corner of Ridgecrest and pipeline that i used to ride to as well. God I loved their popcorn.

It is a very, very small world.

B

[TexasFire 84]

OMG - We lived at 645, so not quite the same house, but very close. I drove down there a few months ago, and that neighborhood has stayed very nice. The house we had looks almost the same as it did when we moved 27 years ago, but with better landscaping!

I used to ride to the 7-11, and there was a bike shop in the Val Oaks shopping center on the other side of Hurstview. That's where I got my first 10-speed as a teenager. There was also a popcorn place at the corner of Ridgecrest and pipeline that i used to ride to as well. God I loved their popcorn.

It is a very, very small world.

B

Yes, it is! Yeah, the bike shop was in there with Winnies Fish & Pets, which I loved! "The Poppin' Place" is still there and going stronger than ever...in fact my sis and BIL just opened a popcorn shop near Clemson in South Carolina based on that very store! I tried to go there today to buy some Christmas popcorn tins, but I couldn't even get near the parking lot it was so busy.

[mbsbike2002 0]

I used to love Winnie's! The barber shop where my grandfather used to threaten me with buzz cuts was there was well. You've seen my pics - I must have been a very bad boy over the years... It's amazing that the poppin' place is still going strong after all these years - it's been there for at least 30 years.

Do you remember when Santa used to be in front of the bank, and he would come in by helicopter and land in the parking lot?

For the first time in forever, I have actual giddy nostalgia for my young childhood

B

[TexasFire 84]

Shame on me, but I'm not sure...Winnie's may STILL be there, but I just haven't paid attention even though I go past there every day. I work out at the Hurst Rec Center, so you know what I mean! Oh yeah, The Poppin' Place is amazing! My son still loves to go there in summer to get sno-cones.

I don't recall Santa and the helicopter! How could I have missed that? I'm assuming you are talking about the bank that was by 7-11 that is now an insurance agency? Bank of Texas, I think? My mom banked there forever.

I've always had giddy nostalgia for my childhood here...I LOVE HURST! The rec center, the pool, Redbud Park, riding bikes and skateboards everywhere....it was great!

Okay, we have officially hijacked this thread!

[mbsbike2002 0]

We have, but that's okay. Yep that bank - everybody banked there - it was also the swankiest place in Hurst - my mother's bridal shower was there, my baby shower was there. People partied at the bank

I played with Google Street view - it's possible to actually take a virtual trip down memory lane. Sad to see the Baskin Robbins is gone (although that goddamned place has a lot to do with how and when I first started gaining weight (along with the poppin' place & the carmel corn). It also looks like the old skating rink is gone. Many pre-pubescent angst-filled memories along with it... I used to get totally effed up by the reverse-skate - I only went one way . And from time to time I will still break out into the "hokey pokey". The wife, who is ten years younger, looks at me like I'm from another planet...

It was a great place. I don't know how many times the guys at the Arco station that turned into the Poppin' Place helped me get the chain back on my old Schwinn banana seat bike, or helped air up the tires. I still miss the old Buddie's Grocery store at precinct - it's now the office furniture place, i think. They had Cookie Monster Cookies that I used to beg my mom to buy. They even had a cookie monster cake one time (I didn't see the logical inconsistency at the time), and she got that for me for my birthday once. That much blue icing is a very, very, very bad thing. I still have a thing for Cookie Monster...

There was a couple who walked across the country in the late 70's. They walked down Cedar street - stopped at my house, rang the doorbell and asked for a glass of Water. I didn't believe them until I read the book.

I guess I should go to bed. Will have dreams of mid-70s Hurst & lollipop pedals...

G'night chicas...

B

[TexasFire 84]

On a final note, yes the Baskin Robins is gone and is now a beauty shop...and that whole strip is no longer hot pink. It was hot pink since the 70's and has just been redone this year.

But the skating rink is still there! And I remember, and LOVED, doing the hokey pokey there! My son goes there once in a while. Boy, if our parents knew even 1/100th of the crap that went on at that skating rink, they would have locked us up and NEVER let us go there again! I was a real rink rat, could skate like nobodys business...LIVED there. In fact, my ring tone on my cell phone is "Brick House" because of my skating memories at Skateland! My kids always bug me to get a new ring tone, but I refuse...it's been "Brick House" for years and years and years...phone after phone after phone! It's my trademark!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80GyXocARV4]YouTube - Star Wars Brick House Music Video[/ame]

G'nite, B! Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[TexasFire 84]

Okay, folks! I know this is like asking a fellow junkie to hold my stash so I won't get high again, but here goes:

I could be faster...

I could reduce my wind resistance...

I could increase my distance comfort (most important)....

Do I want aerobars?

I think I might...

<Shit...more toys! Err, umm..."TOOLS">

[OH Juli 15]

Areobars are on my list as are speedplays.

Get um.

And you two are killing me with your childhood stories. You know I'm right between the two of you in age and though I'm in Ohio, we share the skating thing, the banana seat bike thing and the pop corn store as an industry (who'd a thought that would've lasted?) thing.

I'm loving your hyjacked postings. Now if you start talking about having dated each other's friends or shared elementary teachers I'm going to die.

[OH Juli 15]

I just googled aerobars and there's a load of information on them out there....

hehehe...I can't wait to get Gloria (my bike) all fitted out with some new stuff.

I'm looking to join a gym for January and February where I can take up spinning. There's one between home and work, but it's $50 a month. That's a hunk of change in this single mom's budget but I think it will be well spent.

Thinkin' out loud.

[babygrl1234 6]

Ohh is it Lifetime Fitness?

Totally worth the $50 IMO.

[OH Juli 15]

Columbus Sports Connection, columbus ohio health club, central ohio athlectic club, yoga classes, spinning classes, columbus, ohio

This is the place. not a chain....