dpb

how many years ago *was* this

lovinmescoob

Raleigh Chipper
Raleigh Grifter
Some sort of Raleigh Racer made up thingy me bob
Carlton Cycles racer (made in Worksop, just down the road,mates dad worked there! Swapped it for a Scalextric set!!!!
Then just started scrounging frames and making em up myself!
God they were the days

JTaylor

Lol, I had one of these on my hand-me-down. Richard Cornish (my besty) and I also clipped strips of plastic carton to our wheels to make an engine noise! Great thread!

pauld37

Raleigh Chopper, 5 geared version , purple in colour

Raleigh Jubilee 10 geared racer, must have been in 1977 to commerate the Queens Jubilee I guess

SirFozzalot

Couldn't beat the piece of card and a peg to make a great noise!

falkster

My bikes were as follows:

Raleigh Boxer
Raleigh Tomahawk
Raleigh Grifter (one of the new facelift ones)
Falcon Pro Theta S (no idea why)
Raleigh Aero Pro Burner
Diamond Back Harry Leary
Kuwahara Laserlite KZ 83 (oval tubing)
VDC Changa (Really rare and stolen)

Then went onto MTB

ScoobyDriverWannabe

Cant remember its name but i had some Raleigh with this plastic casing all around frame. It had a thing between the handlebars with a button you pressed & it lit up & made sounds.

Then i had a Raleigh Activator 2. 1st kid in my area to have a bike with suspension.

Replaced that with some marin down hill mountain bike, paid a fortune for it. First day i had it i remember riding to my house, resting it under the front window wile i came in house to get some money for ice cream van, i was only in house 2 minutes, came back out to see some lad running down the street pushing it chased by my next door neighbour.

Luckily i got it back but was paranoid about riding it anywhere incase it got nicked. Fortnight after that some 1 broke into shed & took it along with all my dads tools & fishing equiptment.

I baught a playstation instead with the insurance money.

falkster

Was it called a Vector or something similar??

dpb

Modern life eh - brings a tear to the eye

Dan W

oooh bikes I used to f@"kin love em.

I had
RSW 14 - it snapped in half
BSA - something or other
Raliegh Boxer -I rode it into the ground
Raliegh Chopper
Raliegh Ultra Burner -silver/blue first edition
Raliegh Super Tuff Burner - with the oval frame that would slice you in half if you slipped off the pedals
Amoco Freestlye Pro (the first edition on which the amoco bracket between the bottom bar and stem would crack)

Couple of mountain bikes that are not worth naming

g7prs

iTrader: (5)

Raleigh budgie
Raleigh grifter
Raleigh burner
Raleigh record sprint
GT Zazkar race.

If you fancy buying back some of your old bikes try here..
Re-Buy-Cycle : recycled vintage bicycles

stuart n

Memories memories!

dpb

It kinda stifles belief Raleigh took the nose-dive they did eh

P1 SUB

Gt pro perfomer



Mongoose california



Skyway streetbeat




PK ripper

skoobidude

Bo-bo
Tomahalk
Chopper - Black with silver stickers which sparkled in the sun!

I left the Chopper on the ground behind a car at a petrol station whilst buying a drink. Came out to find the driver had backed over it! He couldn't apologise enough but didn't offer to pay for it and eventually drove off. Git! Could only ride it in circles after that!

Nick

SirFozzalot

That's what I was thinking......soooo many old Raleigh owners out there!

HowieG

Raleigh Record - black with gold lettering - loved it then it got nicked.

Viscount Aerospace - still got in the shed. Is it any good, or should I say, was it any good when it was new? 531 tubing I think.

dpb

along with our car industry , thanks to Thatch' and latterly T.b . Liar

Buckwheat

Fine selection there, my first BMX was a Falcon Pro Theta too, and the one I always wanted was the VDC Changa. Had to make do with just the VDC Monkey Bars on my DP!