Retsy Series 1 · Card 0185 · 80-MEM

Clothespin Motorcycle

Vroom vroom, powered by trading cards.

Clipping trading cards to your bike fork with clothespins so the spokes flapped them into a roaring motorcycle sound.

Card no.: 0185 of 1,280
Set: 80s Memes & Fads · 80-MEM
Year: 1984
Type: Bike spoke card trick
Found at: Every driveway on the block
Cost back then: Two clothespins

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Nostalgia9/10

Hype6/10

Weirdness6/10

Trade value4/10

The story · 1984

The story of Clothespin Motorcycle

Every kid on the block knew the trick: borrow two clothespins from the laundry line, clip a stiff card to the fork, and pedal like crazy. The faster you rode, the louder the motor roar. Doubles from your card collection got sacrificed first, but somebody always used a rare card by accident and mourned it for weeks.

Fun fact

Kids added a second and third card for extra engine noise until the bike sounded like a lawn mower full of bees.

Six finishes

187 copies of Clothespin Motorcycle exist

Clothespin Motorcycle comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Clothespin Motorcycle, Retsy card 0185 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Clothespin Motorcycle, Retsy card 0185 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Clothespin Motorcycle, Retsy card 0185 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Clothespin Motorcycle, Retsy card 0185 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Clothespin Motorcycle, Retsy card 0185 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Clothespin Motorcycle, Retsy card 0185 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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