Where did you buy your first bike?

[azaro]

First proper bike was a blue and silver fade Clockwork, bought from Leisure Lakes, Southport.
Remember thinking at the time "What am I doing?" as it was the thick end of £600 IIRC. All doubts dispelled as soon as I had my first ride. That began my love affair with Orange.....

Still buy stuff from the same shop.

 

[LeeDevelopment]

Mongoose 'Super Goose' BMX..... somewhere in Geelong, Australia for me.

 

[claret73]

I think it was 1991?? Bought a Trek 950 on the Saturday from Steve Thornhill Cycles in Birmingham. Think I paid a bout £500...I'd just started my Apprenticeship, so had some of my own money to fund it...
Crashed it the very next day on a steep road descent around The Clent Hills. Took it back in on Monday for repairs/replacement...

Only just sold the frame last year to a Guy off here who wanted it for a Touring build. Long reach, lugged steel, so great for that I'd guess.

 

[retroyetirigid]

1989 Diamond Back Ascent from Pedals in Bournemouth cause I was working there so got a bit of a deal

 

[Whatleymeister]

The bank of mum and dad funded my first real bike when I was about 16ish. A Raleigh Activator from Halfords in Camberley. Weighed a ton, rode like an epileptic cat, but back then it was my pride and joy.

I never did get the 'suspension' to work.

 

[Neil]

First bike I bought new, myself, from an LBS, must have been 91 (was a 91 model) a DB Apex for ~£570.

I still vividly remember cycling a couple of miles home, on a damp day, with the Smokes buzzing like a Land Rover on the road.

 

[Repack Rider]

Because my parents never taught me to ride or bought me a bike, I learned the skill from my two 8-year-old classmates and bought my own first bike out of an ad in the local newspaper, very used, for $5.

Even in 1955, $5 did not get you much in the way of a used bike. It was junk, but it was all I had for three or four years.

I have spent the rest of my life overcompensating for the absence of bikes in my life when I was a kid.

 

[SpearedHot]

The first bike I bought was a '95 GT Ricochet from the LBS. I believe it was around $700 (USD) at the time. My friend tried to talk me into a steel Kona but I was already having a hard time paying that much for a first mountain bike. I should have listened to my friend...

 

[matt.bee]

First 'proper' bike was a road bike from Allens Cycles in Wombwell (Barnsley) when I was 14 in 1991.
First mountain bike was from Alf Jones in Wrexham when I went to uni in 1995.

 

[GT-Steve]

1990 Alpinestars Cro-MegaDX (non-estay) bought new from Butlers Cycles, Highland Rd Southsea. Now evolved into Wiggle.

Saved up all my pennies and paper-round income, and enjoyed every minute of riding it home...