@grammasaurus @ascentale @bikenite #BikeNite A2 follow-up: It's a kind of fun bike which was a bit popular in the 80s when I was a teenager. My brother won one in a raffle back then.

Some say a #skatebike is harder to ride than a unicycle, but I disagree. Maybe it's harder if you already learned how to ride a unicycle. 😜

There's also a whole website dedicated to these contraptions and their manufacturers: https://skatebike.org/

I though haven't found out, which manufacturer mine is from.

@ascentale @grammasaurus @bikenite #BikeNite A2: Never bought a bicycle at a yard sale, but from some online classified ads.

Found my later #Skatebike in some online classifieds (Tutti.ch) by some bicycle mechanics focusing on refurbishing. Saw some other Skatebikes there in questionable conditions or high prices, but got this refurbished one (new trucks, new pedals, new tire, etc.) for IIRC 40 Swiss Franc ($50 USD, €42.5 EUR).

Others potential buyers didn't take it as they couldn't ride it.

@moira @ascentale #BikeNite: Hmmm, I think #BlueberryButtBumper is a good name for my #Skatebike. 😁

[Partial repost instead of addition by editing to make the hashtags work. That way I'll later find that posting again.]

@moira @ascentale #BikeNite A8 followup: It takes a moment to get used to ride a #Skatebike as you steer by leaning to the according side. The most complete website on Skatebikes (despite it doesn't seem to know about the model I bought 😎) is https://skatebike.org/.

In https://chaos.social/@xtaran/112696149692001326 I posted a video of an acquaintance riding my Skatebike. (He rides unicycles and said it's more difficult to ride than a unicycle. But he learned it quicker than I got used to it again after 35 years. 😇)

@ascentale #BikeNite A8: Well, I think the time I was most exited about someone else getting a new bike was when my brother won a #Skatebike when we were teenager.

Went so far that I bought a used one (pictured) for myself about 35 years later after I saw a similar bike on the Fediverse and got reminded of it that way.