@SobeiT Hmmm, I don’t think a wheelie for any length of time could have been done easily on the older bike. Kids manage to do all sorts of things lol, so you never know. It really was a very heavy bike.
It actually reminds me more of a look of the 50’s bikes than 60’s. And the 3 speed and his new 10 speed we got around 1965-67 definitely looked more like modern bikes. That first bike had thicker tires, a thicker bar, maybe cylinder that was straight from the seat to the handlebars. It was a pain for me to get on and off of it when I was younger!
It does come to mind that I was a kid and it is many years later so my memory might be a little warped lol!