im starting to replay this game out of nostalgia and I completely forgot how you can obtain the bike. ANyone know?
In Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow after you defeat Misty and travel through to the bike shop. They are at first too expensive, but after you reach Vermilion City and talk to the Chairman of the Pokemon Fan Club (ask him to show you his Pokemon), he'll give you a bike voucher. Then you travel back to the bike shop and you can purchase a bike.
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