7-Year-Old Game,
But Bike Gives Out

June 12, 1980

By a Staff Writer

Holdenville - While older riders shifted gears uphill and coasted downhill, 7-year-old Chris Spence pedaled and pedaled and pedaled - 50 miles on a one-speed, 20-inch bike of the sort almost every kid has.

And, said Chris, "if my bike hadn't broken down I'd have gone all the way.

" His father, Eddie, 30, agreed that the year-old bike gave out well before Chris did on the 67-mile Free Wheel '80 trek from Atoka to Holdenville Tuesday.

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