I can literally hear the distinctive incredibly loud sound of those plastic wheels spinning on the pavement right now
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Ru-Ling on
A real American hero.
PhillyChef3696 on
I had the Knight Rider one
Whyte_Dynamyte on
I had the same haircut
WhatRUaBarnBurner on
Mattel boardroom:
Sales of the Gen 1 BigWheel are going great, but we feel we can still improve. Our design team has come up with the GI Joe version pretty much the same as Gen 1 version, but with GUNS.
Ok_Replacement4702 on
I never had that Big Wheel, but I sure had that haircut
theUncleAwesome07 on
Bad. Ass. Well done. No notes.
aacmckay on
Jelly. About the same age and I had to always try and steal time on my neighbour’s big wheel!!!!
csk1325 on
It’s no green machine but it’ll do
mr_ji on
Dang, baller. I had a crappy orange and blue hand-me-down from my sister with plastic streamers on the ends of the handlebars and the big wheel had been ground down with terrible traction.
blueyork on
What the Shining hell ?
SwitchbackHiker on
I always wanted a big wheel, but then we got three wheelers, and I was ok with that
Hi-Tech_Luddite on
Stone cold badass
OkCommunication7445 on
…and what are you driving today? Or, is this you?

lord_flashheart2000 on

Were you on your way to see your friends?
Somebodsydog on

Fit_Seaworthiness387 on
I bet you’re still that cool!
Relevant-Cupcake-649 on

ratchman5000 on
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!
BurritoSupremeBeing on
People referencing The Shining when they should be referencing The Boy Who Could Fly. I wanted the gi joe big wheel after seeing that.
edit: here is a screenshot, from the film, of Fred Savage riding one
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Red Rum. RED RUM!!
I can literally hear the distinctive incredibly loud sound of those plastic wheels spinning on the pavement right now

A real American hero.
I had the Knight Rider one
I had the same haircut
Mattel boardroom:
Sales of the Gen 1 BigWheel are going great, but we feel we can still improve. Our design team has come up with the GI Joe version pretty much the same as Gen 1 version, but with GUNS.
I never had that Big Wheel, but I sure had that haircut
Bad. Ass. Well done. No notes.
Jelly. About the same age and I had to always try and steal time on my neighbour’s big wheel!!!!
It’s no green machine but it’ll do
Dang, baller. I had a crappy orange and blue hand-me-down from my sister with plastic streamers on the ends of the handlebars and the big wheel had been ground down with terrible traction.
What the Shining hell ?
I always wanted a big wheel, but then we got three wheelers, and I was ok with that
Stone cold badass
…and what are you driving today? Or, is this you?


Were you on your way to see your friends?

I bet you’re still that cool!

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!
People referencing The Shining when they should be referencing The Boy Who Could Fly. I wanted the gi joe big wheel after seeing that.
edit: here is a screenshot, from the film, of Fred Savage riding one
https://preview.redd.it/y2l6b6b87e1h1.png?width=1293&format=png&auto=webp&s=18d1bd4d105a2355f4d4b6f80b987b3ba657de13
You lucky sob

Everything in this picture hits me right in the nostalgias. I can smell the late fall air, and fell the badassedness.
dude they made a GI Joe one?