the legned that was the Chopper is back!!!
15 January 2004, 12:04 PM
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Raleghi have anounced that the chopper will go back into production in April 2004.
There will be 2004 limited edtions costing £249.99 and the regular will be £199.99.
Sounds like a lot for a bike if it's exactly the same as the original, you'd expect to pay that for a decent mountain bike.
Still with Choppers going for an average of over £200 on ebay it doesn't seem too bad.
There will be 2004 limited edtions costing £249.99 and the regular will be £199.99.
Sounds like a lot for a bike if it's exactly the same as the original, you'd expect to pay that for a decent mountain bike.
Still with Choppers going for an average of over £200 on ebay it doesn't seem too bad.
15 January 2004, 12:39 PM
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gearstick, but they will be made of light alloy so should be good for sitting down wheelies
15 January 2004, 02:10 PM
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£200? and the rest for a mint one you can expect to pay anywhere between £500-£800 for a mk1, special editions even more, seen one go for £1600.
Got two tatty ones stored away appreciating nicely
Gary
Got two tatty ones stored away appreciating nicely
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15 January 2004, 02:17 PM
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Pops the bubble of all the people hoping to sell their original ones for £500+, doesn't it?
I had a Chopper, fookin loved it! Lived on it for about 5 years!
I had a Chopper, fookin loved it! Lived on it for about 5 years!
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15 January 2004, 02:40 PM
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Had one too fookin great fun, especially when you dicnnected the gear linkage and used the gear stick like a car The good old days eh
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Colin
The good old days ehCheers
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15 January 2004, 02:44 PM
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i remember the dropped handlebars, they were wider apart than the standard ones. We used to have competitions to see who could do the longest skid, you could go for ages if you put all your weight on the front wheel and waggled the **** end about.
15 January 2004, 03:13 PM
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oh the good old days are back just might order one of em
what about the Bomber didn't really like that thou, much prefered me grifter
[Edited by Dazza01 - 1/15/2004 3:33:44 PM]
just might order one of em what about the Bomber didn't really like that thou, much prefered me grifter
[Edited by Dazza01 - 1/15/2004 3:33:44 PM]
15 January 2004, 03:26 PM
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I had a Chopper when I was a kid. My muppet dad chucked it whilst I was away at Uni. 15yrs on & I still haven't forgiven him[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
15 January 2004, 04:09 PM
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I still have the scar from where I went over the handle bars on my chopper when the chain came off and locked the rear wheel solid (cue claret everywhere and me running home to my mum and a trip to casualty ).
Of all the bikes I owned, this has to be my favourite
Nick.
).Of all the bikes I owned, this has to be my favourite
Nick.
15 January 2004, 04:28 PM
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I still have the scar from where I went over the handle bars on my chopper when the chain came off and locked the rear wheel solid (cue claret everywhere and me running home to my mum and a trip to casualty ).
Of all the bikes I owned, this has to be my favourite
Nick.
Of all the bikes I owned, this has to be my favourite
Nick.
Hit a kerb and the handel bars wrenched out my hand and stopped after the brake handle had imbeded it's self 2" in my leg
[Edited by Krade - 1/15/2004 4:29:47 PM]
15 January 2004, 04:36 PM
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welli will be buying one
Never EVER forgiven my parents for throwing out my tommahawk &chopper (both mint except for bald tyres and punctures) when we moved......
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Never EVER forgiven my parents for throwing out my tommahawk &chopper (both mint except for bald tyres and punctures) when we moved......
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15 January 2004, 05:09 PM
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Hey - I had a mustang.......
My brother had a Chopper - weighed a fooking ton....a bit like the Grifter he had b4 it - he swapped his grifter (metallic green!) for a Chopper off a mate - my dad was'nt impressed at that - LOL - we left the old Chopper under a holiday caravan we used to own - bet someone flogged it for 500 squids - bastids....
Ah well - dont look back in anger....
This was when kids played outside all day - I would be gone ALL day sometimes messing about on bikes... never happen now!
Unless your a p*k*y kid
My brother had a Chopper - weighed a fooking ton....a bit like the Grifter he had b4 it
- he swapped his grifter (metallic green!) for a Chopper off a mate - my dad was'nt impressed at that - LOL - we left the old Chopper under a holiday caravan we used to own - bet someone flogged it for 500 squids - bastids....Ah well - dont look back in anger....
This was when kids played outside all day - I would be gone ALL day sometimes messing about on bikes... never happen now!
Unless your a p*k*y kid
15 January 2004, 05:37 PM
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The Bomber, cool proto Mountain Bike, weighed as much as a small car !
I bought a Chopper for 2 quid cos it was a wreck with a cracked frame which made it wobble, t boned a lad on a BMX and it bent it like a Banana, local tit Jonathan Nobbs decked off it across a T junction into the path of an oncoming Grandad, poor sod in the car got out after running over it looking for a dead kid and drove of shaking and very confused !
I had a Strika as I wasnt old enough for a Grifter, the Grifter gears were lethal, tanking along and it slipped out of gear at which point your legs just rotate freely and knocks you off balance 'slip gear' it was called, quite why Sturmey Archer felt the need to include a random neutral I dont know.
Also had a Raleigh Arena and lusted after a Raleigh Quasar, sort of futuristic racer.
I bought a Chopper for 2 quid cos it was a wreck with a cracked frame which made it wobble, t boned a lad on a BMX and it bent it like a Banana, local tit Jonathan Nobbs decked off it across a T junction into the path of an oncoming Grandad, poor sod in the car got out after running over it looking for a dead kid and drove of shaking and very confused !
I had a Strika as I wasnt old enough for a Grifter, the Grifter gears were lethal, tanking along and it slipped out of gear at which point your legs just rotate freely and knocks you off balance 'slip gear' it was called, quite why Sturmey Archer felt the need to include a random neutral I dont know.
Also had a Raleigh Arena and lusted after a Raleigh Quasar, sort of futuristic racer.
15 January 2004, 10:49 PM
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As if choppers aren't dangerous enough, a mate owns this....
And seeing as learning to ride a bike is so easy, my son's going to starting on one of these ...
D
[Edited by Dunk - 1/15/2004 10:54:59 PM]
And seeing as learning to ride a bike is so easy, my son's going to starting on one of these ...
D
[Edited by Dunk - 1/15/2004 10:54:59 PM]