Raleigh Chopper Bike

Description: Raleigh / 1970 red childrens bicycle.

Newest Review: ... was launched in UK in 1970 and sold like hot cakes, it was "the must have" for children and it single handedly ... more

... saved the Raleigh bike company. This lead to smaller versions for younger children being produced Chipper, Tomahawk and Budgie. Right up till 1984 Choppers were snapped up, then BMX and then Mountain bikes took over. The bike was based on the customised Chopper style motor bike and was influenced by films of the time such as "Easy Rider" it was billed as "The Ultimate Bike For Coolness". Style~ With it's high rise (ape hanger) handlebars which you could undo and incline them backwards which rend...more

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Raleigh Chopper Bike: MY DREAM BIKE.... ONE DAY.... ONE DAY SOON .... (992 words)
by - written on 21/09/09 (Very useful, 122 readings)
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The Raleigh Chopper bike is a 1970's cultural icon and for me no bike since has come anywhere near being as wonderful. I can't express to you how desperate I was to own one, they were are a "must have"! Did I get one? No because my Mum deemed them dangerous, unsafe etc.... Have I ever got over it? No, sad as it may seem, still to this day I have a desperate yearning for a Raleigh Chopper, there is definitely a gaping void in my life that only a Raleigh Chopper can fill..... I never forgave my Mum, especially when she presented me with a Raleigh Shopper, complete with nerdy shopping basket, I set about trying to ... Read the complete review