Chopper,Thomohawk or Chipper

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22615

Oh yes..... Chopper Mk 2 in red. Christmas 1973

katcha · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:45 am

pale blue chipper

followed by a nice raleigh olympus 'racer'

Spender · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:48 am

A very sensible Moulton three speed, Christmas 1970 which was promptly stolen from outside John Joyces on the Fens. :evil:

Miss Tigga · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:50 am

I'm too young for any of them.

P.M.T. · **Joined:** Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:14 pm **Posts:** 968

God, you lot are only bairns.
No such things as chippers and choppers when I was a kid.
I had a blue raleigh sports with three gears

Miss Tigga · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:04 pm

offshorepoolie wrote:

Tigga wrote:

I'm too young for any of them.

So you don't like Choppers?? :shock:

Well, I was too young then, but I've grown up now and will give anything a go!! :wink:

butchers block · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:09 pm

P.M.T. wrote:

God, you lot are only bairns.
No such things as chippers and choppers when I was a kid.
I had a blue raleigh sports with three gears

I was about 12 in the mid 50's A red Coventry Eagle with Sturmey Archer (3) gears. God I loved that bike.

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:12 pm

i had a grifter, i got it for crimbo £25 second hand from a lad down the colliery. it was hard work riding that 3 gears and they were all bloody hard. im sure i had earlier ones but cant remember them, i enjoyed me go karts better :wink:

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:23 pm

Grifter for me aswell!! clappp

Miss Tigga · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:26 pm

When I was about 10 I used to have a bike that folded in half so you could fit it in the car and places.

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:13 pm

Which one of you had ET sat on the front??? :wink:

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:12 pm

Tigga wrote:

When I was about 10 I used to have a bike that folded in half so you could fit it in the car and places.

one of the funniest things i ever saw happenend when someone was on one of those bikes, well it was funny at the time. it was'nt long after christmas and a lass along the street was going down a grassy bank out the back, she hit a gravel soakaway in the middle of the bank and went straight over the handlebars ive never rolfl

so much.. the bike split in half they obviously never tightened the bolt up which held it together :laugh:

PoolieBarnes · **Posted:** Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:08 am

Love the picture of the Grifter clappp

. Exactly the same as the one I had many moons ago. The picture makes it feel like it was yesterday!!

John the Baptist · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 am **Posts:** 634

A metallic green Striker follwed by a silver and blue Grifter XL for me. :grin:

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:39 pm

I bought my first 'Striker' off Eggy....complete with Peddle Back Brake!!!! :sweeeet:

Our kid had a Grifter customised with 'Queen Live Killers' across the main frame....Mr.Glasses would have loved it!!!! :sweeeet:

PS....I never got a 'Brand New' till I was about 12....Riggy-Ups were good enough for me!!!! :sweeeet:

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