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This is an awesome thread... good idea delphina!
I was 5 or 6 and had just moved into the house my parents live in now (where I come home to during uni holidays). My first bike was blue, nothing fancy, thumbshifter gears, got it for Christmas.
Lots of pain involved in learning to ride it! I had no balance at all :( My Dad was running around holding the back of the saddle for weeks! Eventually he'd let go and I'd realise then crash into something - a parked red car and a huge bush stick out vividly for some reason.
When I outgrew it I was desperate for some ridiculous dual suspension mountain bike because all my friends had them, and then for my birthday my parents bought me one. I can't remember how old I was exactly, maybe 10 or 11. Used to have so much fun building jumps by digging up the ground in this woodland area with my mate and exploring everywhere. If you rode west for about 1 mile offroad (it was awesome - singletrack path through a huge field, down this masssive hill, into a bluebell forest!) you'd get to this village. It was great ride.