The Munch Bunch

[HeyWayne]

CRIPES!!

This is exactly the same as the one I owned!!

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[Mikey]

You're are gonna need some stabilisers and a strap for the waist, obviously being a child of yours the bean will probably outgrow before being able to actually ride it.

[Mikey]

CRIPES!!

This is exactly the same as the one I owned!!

Forget about a respray sell yours, and get the bean a half tidy one instead.

[HeyWayne]

You're are gonna need some stabilisers and a strap for the waist, obviously being a child of yours the bean will probably outgrow before being able to actually ride it.

Strap for the waist?

I had stabiliserers on mine, and I remember dad using the chrome loopy bit at the back as a handle when teaching me without aforementioned stabiliserers. I remember clearly the moment he let go for the first time.

[Mikey]

To hold a child who is unable to walk on, it'll all become clear shortly dude.

[HeyWayne]

To hold a child who is unable to walk on, it'll all become clear shortly dude.

But I never had/needed one....

[Mikey]

But I never had/needed one....

Why were you a late developer?

[HeyWayne]

Why were you a late developer?

Completely lost me now dude...

Why would you need a waist strap for a bike?

[Mikey]

A first bike for the bean normally looks a little more like this.

[HeyWayne]

A first bike for the bean normally looks a little more like this.

AHA!!

No, not first bike, but the first two wheeler.

The trike I had as a kid didn't have a handle or strap either though...

[Mikey]

AHA!!

No, not first bike, but the first two wheeler.

The trike I had as a kid didn't have a handle or strap either though...

To be honest they are rubbish, you do all the pushing as the pedals are too close together for the little beans to turn properly.

[yoanbob]

The faraway tree, Brilliant, all my enids are going to come out of mums loft, well, once we have somwhere to put them.
I had a yellow and red chopper, you had to stand on a wall to get on and I never figured out what the gears were for but you could fit 5 kids on it and go really fast down the hill.

[BrideXIII]

ahhh the chopper............. off in childhood heaven now

[jackie j]

My first bike was one that my sister had been given for her birthday it was second hand, it was passed on to my middle sister then to me, when I finished with it it went to manchester for my 3 cousins to use. I loved enid blyton books and still have some in the loft. My son had a book about a black labrador dog called maximus and he now has a black lab and called him maximus max for short.

[SlugLobber]

Oh gosh - the Faraway Tree books are amazing! I've still got mine. I can't WAIT to start reading those at bedtime! The Land Of Birthdays!

Oh they are soooo brilliant, but the post PC versions are ridiculous. There is no Moon Face or Saucepan Head (presumably people with moons and saucepans would be offended?!?). I believe one of the kiddies has a different name, too. Gagghhh!!