First bike that was not a hand-me-down from one of my brothers was a Kalkhoff Concorde “racer” in about 1978/79. All I can remember is that it was blue.
When that got stolen I was taken to MK Cycles for a new bike. I begged and begged like only a 10 year can for a BMX but was told by my Dad “what do you want one of those stupid things for, it hasn’t even got any gears”.
I got another “racer”. A Viscount Tony Doyle signature model, in white, complete with KP Crisps sponsor stickers on the forks.
Can’t recall what happened to that but had a couple of second hand mountain bikes of no particular note until 1992 when I bought my Orange Clockwork.
Fast forward to today when I have three singlespeed bikes – see Dad, you were wrong about those gears 😀