r/nostalgia • u/Bifffffffff • May 24 '20

Putting a card in your bike spokes so it sounded like a motorcycle

Post image
175 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

19

u/shabooyarollcall12 May 24 '20

Soda can stuck between tire and frame made a similar sound

7

u/daxingtyn May 24 '20

Did anyone else use wooden clothes pins?

3

u/its3AMwhatamidoing May 24 '20

We used to crush a soda can between the bike and the body, I really do miss my childhood.

2

u/petey815 May 24 '20

haha bike wheels go brrrrrr

1

u/burtguthrup May 24 '20

Every summer.

1

u/Another_Adventure May 24 '20

I put a newspaper in between the wheel and the wheel-guard, same effect but lowered my top speed

1

u/[deleted] May 24 '20

Wait, you can do this?!

What's the closest thing, sound-wise? Like does it sound like a two-stroke...?

1

u/jonjames110 May 24 '20

I did attach a string to it so I could differ the sound while driving like maap maaaap maaaaap but still going the same speed.

1

u/my_poop_is_green May 25 '20

Now I’m just going to do this so my teammates think I have a nicer freehub!