COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- Many of us remember our first bicycle ride, the road in front, the wind in our face.

Graduating kindergartners at Alsup Elementary School in Commerce City experienced the road and the wind Monday morning when volunteers from Wish For Wheels handed out 72 free bicycles.

"We're all bike enthusiasts," said Wish for Wheels spokesman Brad Licht. "And we wanted to give something back."

Licht and several other volunteers spent the morning handing out helmets, raising or lowering bicycles seats and tightening up training wheels.

"To give a new bike to a kindergartner, there's no better feeling than to see their joy and watch them take off," he said.

"It's exciting to me, and it makes him feel good," said Diane Weston, whose son, Aaron, received one of the free bikes.

When asked what he liked best about his new wheels, Aaron pointed to the logo and said, "It has a rocket ship."

When asked how fast the rocket could go, he answered, "super fast."

"There are two rules for riding a bike," one of the volunteers told a 6-year-old girl who was patiently waiting for her bike. "What do you think they are?"

The girl answered, "To ride with a helmet."

The volunteer said, "That's the first one. The second rule is to have fun."

Hiawatha Armstrong was having plenty of fun on his new bike.

When asked what he likes best about it, he said, "That I'm riding it."

Adams County school District 14 Superintendent John Lange said, "This is a great reward for these kindergartners who are just finishing the year here."

Lange said many of the students would never get a new bike were it not for Wish for Wheels.

"If you just look at the parents, they're as happy as the kids," he said.

Principal Lynn Heintzman agreed.

"They're all trying to stay out of the way so they don't get run over by a training wheel, but they're having fun," Heintzman said.

The excited kindergartners spent the morning weaving around on the paved playground.

"It organized chaos," Heintzman said. "We look forward to it every year."

So do the kids.

"Thank you for the bike," hollered Joshua Ball as he took his new wheels out for a spin.

In addition to Alsup, Wish for Wheels will provide new bikes to kindergartners at Rose Hill, Columbian and Ellis elementary schools.