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Another random topic for you... Bikes when we were kids

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By *abio OP Man over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

Okay.... What bike did you have when you were a kid?

I looked lovingly at a Raleigh bmx burner.....but ending up getting a Raleigh grifter!

All the cool kids had burners or choppers....

So what did you have?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

My mums friend gave her an old postmans bike for me ....

My brother on the other hand got given a grifter ... ah those were the days

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By *ichaelangelaCouple over a year ago

notts

doubt anyone will remember them but i had a Moulton Safari, an early runner of a bike with front & rear suspension

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I just had a white bike with black wheels

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Anything i could Nick

Gary

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By *igSuki81Man over a year ago

Retirement Village

Confession time - i never learnt and still can't ride a bike

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Confession time - i never learnt and still can't ride a bike

Its just like Riding a Woman, If you fall off you jump straight back on...Oh and wear Protective Gear

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By *igSuki81Man over a year ago

Retirement Village

"Confession time - i never learnt and still can't ride a bike

Its just like Riding a Woman, If you fall off you jump straight back on...Oh and wear Protective Gear "

I must be out of practice then

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you Wear a Solid pair of work Boots they act like Stabilizers..and help keep you straight while Riding

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

dont remember small bikes in my younger days,first bike i had was a bike with metal brake rods,a raleigh,heavy old thing.solid tyres and oil lamps.great fun driving over cobbled streets........i dont think.

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By *igSuki81Man over a year ago

Retirement Village

"If you Wear a Solid pair of work Boots they act like Stabilizers..and help keep you straight while Riding

Thanks for the tip but you do mean when riding a bike don't you? Doubt Mrs N would want you wearing them in bed

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By *lentyoffun40Couple over a year ago

Lancashire

Always wanted a Raleigh burner with skyway mag wheels

Ended up with a falcon pro

Grifters and choppers when I was a young lad !!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I had the Raleigh Chipper (Chopper but without gears), then Peugeot road bike with 26" wheels.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If you Wear a Solid pair of work Boots they act like Stabilizers..and help keep you straight while Riding

Thanks for the tip but you do mean when riding a bike don't you? Doubt Mrs N would want you wearing them in bed

Shhh i wait til shes asleep anyway

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I had both a grifter and a burner but the burners frame got twisted, the grifter on the other hand lasted for years

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

A Falcon Racing bike with 5 Speed Svelto Gears...

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By *iss_tressWoman over a year ago

London

Never had anything higher than a tricyc, can't ride a bike, always wanted a chopper.

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By *iewMan over a year ago
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Angus & Findhorn

My fondness for a chopper grew from my having one to play on

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By *innamon!Woman over a year ago

no matter

Got my first bike at 10 it was painted pale blue . An old fashioned one with the rounded handlebars..and a basket on the front for the dog.

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By *abio OP Man over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"I had both a grifter and a burner but the burners frame got twisted, the grifter on the other hand lasted for years

Grifters were built like ships... Lol my one ambition was to do just one skid but they were so heavy....lol... Did one on gravel and that was chuffed!

My friend had a Raleigh budgie and we did wheelies and tricks galore

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By *eeBee67Man over a year ago

Masked and Distant

I used to love my Raleigh Chopper. But the gear stick was a bit of a nut buster if you hit something and slid if the seat.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

First bike was a Chipper (baby Chopper), thena Raleigh Stowaway, then 3 Dawes Racing Bikes (loved them) but two got nicked...I was gutted! Then got a Lilywhites Mountain Bike that I still have today.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

All the cool kids had bmxs I had a grifter such a heavy cumbersome bike

they were the days!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I used to love my Raleigh Chopper. But the gear stick was a bit of a nut buster if you hit something and slid if the seat."

I bust me nuts on my Stowaway. Braked hard with the front brake, not thinking, and I flew off the seat into the steering column, nuts first. A nurse had to bathe them and check thet were ok

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By *inaTitzTV/TS over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

I had a Raleigh Burner GS, not just any bmx. I did have a go on my mate's Grifter and it was like trying to ride a tank.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I had a Raleigh Fourteen, it was red with a white saddle bag. It was very girly and I felt the bees knees on it

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Had another couple of classic accidents on my bikes too. One, I was riding to my mates carrying music cassettes in a plastic bag, draped over the handlebars. Cassette got stuck in the spokes, stopping the bike dead. I flew over the handle bars skidding along the ground using my knees as brakes aggggh!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I was given a second hand girls frame bike. This caused much humour with the cool grifter/bmx brigade.

Several attempts at gluing a metal top bar to make it look manly failed.

I resigned myself to the bike which I cycled for miles and miles of freedom. In the end, how you look doesn't really stop you being happy.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Always wanted a canondale with their oversized chunky frame, alas we were poor so ended up with a Townsend

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By *eryBigGirlWoman over a year ago

East Yorkshire

I had a Raleigh shopper bought for my 13th birthday and it was brown urgh!!!

It was regularly ditched and I spent more time on a mates Chopper tandem which was fab

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By *Ryan-Man over a year ago

In Your Bush

I really, really, really wanted a Grifter but never got one

I made my own bike from salvaged parts. Big cow horn handlebars, knobbly tyres and custom paint job. It was the mutts nuts.

Just to clarify - I really, really, really wanted a Grifter.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I used to beat my little brothers up, a nick their Grifter and chopper, wicked laughs

Nette

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By *taffsfella1Man over a year ago

Newcastle-under-Lyme

I had a budgie, then a grifter, then an awesome Raleigh Burner bmx which was waaaaay more expensive than the one I'd picked. Santa must have been rich that year - or it could be that my mum's mate worked for the TI group and got a discount on Raleigh bikes

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I had a blue Raleigh super tuff burner bmx and then a bit later a chrome mongoose bmx

Wish I had them now

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By *abio OP Man over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"I really, really, really wanted a Grifter but never got one

I made my own bike from salvaged parts. Big cow horn handlebars, knobbly tyres and custom paint job. It was the mutts nuts.

Just to clarify - I really, really, really wanted a Grifter. "

nobody wanted a grifter... they wanted a burner or a chopper and ended up with a grifter.....

at least my tank was a grifter xl....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

A cheapo folding one, sufficient to get me from school to town and back to school again in one piece.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

i had to make my own out of bits of various bikes.no gears ,no brakes most of the time and cow horn handlebars

.allways wanted a raleigh chopper as a kid but never had one but i own one now

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

im sure i used have a bike called a stricker as a kid

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By *opping_candyWoman over a year ago

West Yorkshire

I was given a second hand bmx, don't know what kind. It was huge and heavy and the pedals wrecked my shins!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

first bike was a Raliegh Tomahawk, then I had a Chopper, then a Raliegh Bomber

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By *amie0151Man over a year ago

Wallasey

"Okay.... What bike did you have when you were a kid?

I looked lovingly at a Raleigh bmx burner.....but ending up getting a Raleigh grifter!

All the cool kids had burners or choppers....

So what did you have?"

I had a Chopper... I so wish I still had it now

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By *taffsfella1Man over a year ago

Newcastle-under-Lyme

"im sure i used have a bike called a stricker as a kid

Actually that's just made me think. I had a Raleigh Striker (smaller version of the Grifter). My brother had the Grifter.

Just remembered an incident when I pulled a wheelie on my budgie, misjudged it, pulled up too much and cracked my head open on the road!!

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