# If You Miss The Big Wheel You Had As A Kid **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-miss-the-big-wheel-you-had-as-a-kid/348108 "2006-03-13T00:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-miss-the-big-wheel-you-had-as-a-kid/348108/1 "2006-03-13T00:40:59Z")
[Here’s a grown up version.](http://www.gizmag.co.uk/picture.php?s=23&p=4397_9080532555.jpg) And it’s [_not_ a toy!](http://www.gizmag.co.uk/picture.php?s=23&p=4397_9080532318.jpg) Of course, judging from [this pic](http://www.gizmag.co.uk/picture.php?s=23&p=4397_9080532036.jpg) it’d be a little hard to put it together under the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-miss-the-big-wheel-you-had-as-a-kid/348108/2 "2006-03-13T05:27:33Z")
No but I miss the ones my kids had. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-miss-the-big-wheel-you-had-as-a-kid/348108/3 "2006-03-13T11:26:07Z")
Wonder if the front wheel will develop a Huge hole after just a few “Power-Skids”, like Every Big wheel I ever rode? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-miss-the-big-wheel-you-had-as-a-kid/348108/4 "2006-03-13T13:43:33Z")
Wheres the bar that you pull up and pushes against the wheel so you skid out if you’re going fast enough?? …Man, what bored boomers will do. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-miss-the-big-wheel-you-had-as-a-kid/348108/5 "2006-03-13T13:45:13Z")
Looking at that second picture again, he can’t even see over the steering wheel. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-miss-the-big-wheel-you-had-as-a-kid/348108/6 "2006-03-13T14:35:37Z")
It’s neat but the proportions are all wrong. It’s obviously sized around the car engine and this makes the size way too big for even an adult to ride comfortably. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-miss-the-big-wheel-you-had-as-a-kid/348108/7 "2006-03-13T14:54:22Z")
Why? _Why?_