I still have a PIECE of my "first" bike. It wasn't really my first, but it was the first 10-speed in town...back in 1960. I think I was the first owner of the then-new Schwinn Continental in Orange, CA, when I got it for my 10th birthday. I had the bike all the way until shortly after I got married. I built up a bike for my wife using some of the pieces from that old Continental. We still have that bike, and it's still using the original drop-down handlebars from the Continental.