If this isnt special interest I dont know what is

cougie

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nort ... 670527.stm


Its not even carbon !

Unknown

Did I pay too much, then?

d.j.
"Like a true nature's child,
We were born,
Born to drink mild"

hubgearfreak

not at all, i'm sure everyone agrees that
""We decided it should be saved for the nation and also kept in East Anglia"

[:p]

gaterz1981

Does that mean the one i got last year was a fake?

Cats have nine lives. Which makes them ideal for experimentation.
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p67/ ... 81/MTB.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p67/ ... rFrame.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p67/ ... rFrame.jpg

Dr Kickstand

Its looks identical to a Raleigh Chooper. Is it a posh version??

DrK


www.bikesthatfold.com - Bikes That Fold is a resource for the folding bike devotee.

Mickle

Its a Chopper wanabe. Different (oval) downtube, bars, forks, chaingourd &c. Very interesting. The forks are identical to those found on the Phillips Mayflower from the same period. Raleigh rebranded the Chopper as manufactured by Rudge for certain markets such as South Africa and Rhodesia. Could it be a Phillips? I dont know when Raleigh aquired Phillips. Would love to inspect the headbadge and give the saddle a sniff.

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Dumbo.

bagpusscp

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bagpuss

dave5ncp

Popular in Halfords when I was a kid (I'm around her age)

The Tracker replaced the chopper, I think, and was itself replaced by the Grifter.

I'm not a hundred per cent about this.

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You stir my natural emotions

Pirahna

I think the Chopper and Grifter were around at the same time. The Grifters wheels were the same size and the bike had more of a BMX look to it, but before BMX was around.

cougie

Pretty certain that the Grifter came after the Chopper ?

Mickle

The grifter replaced the Chopper. The Chopper was to the Schwinn Stingray as the Grifter was to a BMX, ie a rather poorly designed and manufactured boat anchor based on a Raleigh Twenty/ Shopper. I am at least 327.5% sure that Dianas ride is not a Raleigh.

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Dumbo.

Unknown

Anybody remember the Raleigh Striker ?

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/roads4bikes/

longers75

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Anybody remember the Raleigh Striker ?

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Very easy to wheelie. I could go all the way down Greengate Lane. A lovely bike.

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darkhairedlord

Yes the raleigh striker was lovely bike, very popular around here.
Along with thread resurrections of the highest order.

darrell1967

There was probably an overlap but the Grifter definitely came after the Chopper.

A few weeks ago there was a bloke on Antiques Roadshow with his Chopper. He’d just got it out for the first time in years (😏) and it was valued at £1500. He had 7 more in his garage!!

darkhairedlord

The grifter was fat and heavy compared to the striker. probably why it needed gears!

pblakeney

Whatever the history it is a fact that the Grifter was merely a BSO that weighed far more than it should have.