Ha ha ha. We had Schwinn bikes and a banana seat bike. Sooooo comfortable, the banana seat was! We also used to do the playing card thing to make it sound like a motorcycle. Also, we put streamers on the handle bars for extra showing off. And for added fun (for us, at least) we used to ring the bells on our handlebars every chance we got!
Speaking of the clackers, we used to call them "go-go balls". One kid on the block had a pogo stick but none of us were able to manage more than two hops, unfortunately.