Have You Seen My Chopper?

[Philtaz]

Was a phrase I would have loved to have uttered as a child. Sadly, my parents could not afford one but I did learn to ride a bike on my friends Raleigh Chopper.

Sad then that the designer of probably the most iconic looking bicycle from the 70's has died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...tinghamshire-18136787

Anyone else got Chopper related stories?

[tonyav]

LOL, had it got a cross bar gness.

[Philtaz]

LOL @ gness.

[gness]

They sawed it off Tony! Dropped handlebars and the seat two feet behind my bum. Mum gave me a box to get on and told me to ride it standing up.

[gness]

lol a lot Phil, living with my Ma.

[Philtaz]

Summat like this gness?

http://cdn.c.photoshe...Francis-Roux-0267.jpg

[tonyav]

An excellent solution to that cross bar problem gness, I would have done the same lol.

[tonyav]

Thats a wenches bike that kid is on Philtaz.

[gness]

And exactly the same facial expression Phil. :-(

[gness]

Phil. Have you noticed Tony is using "wenches" and not "bikes" since I appeared?

[Philtaz]

Best I could do tonyav, not many pics out there of a bike with the crossbar hacksawed off!

[tonyav]

Wot are you getting at gness ?.

[Philtaz]

He wouldn't dare gness!

[gness]

Sanding the rough metal edges would have helped a little.

[tonyav]

By the the way your mom sounds like she was /is a right bundle of laughs gness.

[tonyav]

Never dare me Phil. lol

[Lie-in King]

I had a blue one & I loved it! Went places those racing bikes couldn't... :-)

[gness]

My Mum was,and still is a pain in the.....what we discussed on MrsO`s thread.

[tonyav]

Great for those scrambling courses wheren't they LIK.

[ttfn]

When I was at school and first started work I had a raleigh racer.

My posterior was higher than my cranium and I went like the wind:)

These days the bike has gone but the wind has remained :(

[tonyav]

lol @ ttfn. And there was no need to bring that up again gness !.