oh heck yea in the mid western town of 35,000 people, it was the thing to take you all over the place, from the ivy walls of the local collage, to the train stations, and parks north and south, it was freedom on 2 wheels, our town looked like tha place where 'ralphie' of 'christmas story' fame grew up, and it was in that same time frame, what a great time to be a kid.