What bike did you have as a nipper?

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  1. Osbert

    Osbert

    Red and yellow Raleigh Chopper
     
    Osbert, Feb 2, 2019
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  2. Pedro del monkeybike

    Pedro del monkeybike

    Yes :thumbsup:
    I had a BSA Javelin and my friend had
    a Sun Snipe
    We would cycle for miles
    happy days :)
     
    Pedro del monkeybike, Feb 2, 2019
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  3. vinnyboy

    vinnyboy Supporter

    It seems like whole generations must have rode for miles and miles on Raleigh bikes. Happier times I'm sure.
     
    vinnyboy, Feb 2, 2019
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  4. Louey

    Louey Moderator

    My first bike was a purple Raleigh Tomohawk which didn't have working brakes for the first couple of days. I broke one of the twins arms when I crashed I to one of them - it was either Lisa or Tracey, I could never work out which :eek:ops so the brakes got fixed.

    I learnt to do all sorts of stunts on that Tomohawk

    My dad started working in the local bike shop about a year later, so afterwards I got Raleigh Striker, the several Choppers (why did I not keep them ) a couple of Bombers, a few BMX - made up of spares then I was lucky to have a six month test of a Dawes Ranger - the first British built mountain bike.

    I've got five bikes at the moment, but only two if them are rideable.

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    Louey, Feb 2, 2019
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  5. Soggz

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    Soggz, Feb 2, 2019
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  6. Louey

    Louey Moderator

    Where I was mainly brought up, Selly Oak there were 3 huge bike factories up until the 60s or 70s. Now most bikes are built the far East - like most stuff.

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    Louey, Feb 2, 2019
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  7. Louey

    Louey Moderator

    There is s guy who commutes on a bike with the front wheel removed, I only ever see him in Balsall Heath

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    Louey, Feb 2, 2019
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  8. Louey

    Louey Moderator

    I just found him on YouTube


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    Louey, Feb 2, 2019
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  9. Moons

    Moons Supporter

    For the BMX anoraks, I saved, wheeled and dealed and over the years I had:

    Ammoco Mongoose Team Champion, I put Curtis Race bars on it, GT layback seat post and Skyway Tuff 2's having bust the ACS Z rims being utterly inept at tricks.

    BLEM - British Limeted Edition Mongoose race bike, that had all sorts of lightweight kit, Araya Race Lace, Flite cranks, Hutch seat, pedals, bars....I had glow in the dark A'ME grips that I thought were ze nuts!

    GT pro series as mentioned before. Tommy Brackens (The Human Dragster) and Eddie Fiola (The Flying Banana) were huge inspirations weren't they.

    PK Ripper that I managed to break! Bust the seat post off on the frame when I crashed it and bike my arm....must be the only one ever broken ever! Couldn't find some one to weld it as I recall it was aluminium.

    Supergoose. Loved that bike.

    Raleigh Aero Pro...the only burner actually any good, people forget that 'oval' tubes are only strong on one force vector. I found it too long, weird as Andy Ruffell looked like a short Arse on TV yet rode one!

    I always wanted an SE Quadangle, any Haro or Hutch but none ever came up.


    It's funny going to shows watching guys selling utter crap bikes at stupid prices, claiming mid school as old school etc. E.g. Not all 80's GT's had stamped top tubes....errr....they absolutely did mate!
     
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    Moons, Feb 2, 2019
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  10. snotty

    snotty

    I’ve still got a Dawes mountain bike, circa 1985. Like this one, in fact...

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    snotty, Feb 2, 2019
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  11. snotty

    snotty

    I wouldn’t describe Spring Lane as posh!
     
    snotty, Feb 2, 2019
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  12. snotty

    snotty

    My Sis did the same on her trike! Tried to ride up the slope in the garden, fell over backwards and cut her head open on the wall of the house :eek:
     
    snotty, Feb 2, 2019
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  13. Louey

    Louey Moderator

    I had to give mine back
    It was absolutely battered as I used to ride it over the slag and waste heaps behind the battery factory - I went through a few tyres

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    Louey, Feb 2, 2019
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  14. Moons

    Moons Supporter

    Agree totally, I spent a fair amount of time in Nottingham and there's apparently zero signs they used to be built there, a real shame.
     
    Moons, Feb 2, 2019
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  15. Barneyrubble

    Barneyrubble

    Some good looking chaps around riding bikes init :D
     
    Barneyrubble, Feb 2, 2019
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  16. Barneyrubble

    Barneyrubble

    Betty n I have Rayleigh broadwalk folders now fa getting away n general cuising the seafronts .
     
    Barneyrubble, Feb 2, 2019
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  17. matty

    matty Supporter

    Playing cards in the spokes for that real motor bike sound
     
    matty, Feb 2, 2019
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  18. snotty

    snotty

    :thumbsup:
     
    snotty, Feb 2, 2019
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  19. redoxide

    redoxide Guest

    Chopper Mk1 in Orange , had it forever ... then a Raleigh Arena .. :)
     
    redoxide, Feb 2, 2019
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  20. vinnyboy

    vinnyboy Supporter

    Lolly sticks
     
    vinnyboy, Feb 2, 2019
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