Whats a chopper?

nolf
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I've come across this phrase a few times (no I haven't been called one).
It seems to be derogatory, but don't know exactly what it means...
Anyone?
It seems to be derogatory, but don't know exactly what it means...
Anyone?
"I hold it true, what'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost;
Than never to have loved at all."
Alfred Tennyson
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost;
Than never to have loved at all."
Alfred Tennyson
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A Chopper is a motorcycle which has been customised by the owner so that it is dog slow and handles like an aircraft carrier on a bad day. The poor souls who specialise in these heaps think that a paint job that looks like splattered vomit somehow makes up for the complete unrideability and makes them look cool.
Sad wannabes triy to imitate them with bicycle lookalikes.0 -
A chopper was a bike made by Raleigh in the 1970's, it had a three speed sturmey archer wheel, A small front and a large rear wheel made to look like a motorcycle.
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see also AXE and PENIS (slang) :shock:'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'0
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Talking of older bikes, remember the grifter:0
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Blue grifters were the way forward
I always remember mine as a bit of a tank that i could chuck, wheelie, jump over anything and anywhere I wanted to. It looks a bit weedy in this pic
I LOVED MY GRIFTERBianchi. There are no alternatives only compromises!
I RIDE A KONA CADABRA -would you like to come and have a play with my magic link?0 -
Back on Oz as a kid I had one of these
Yes the 70's were bloody sad :roll:The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle. ...Stapp’s Ironical Paradox Law
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Now Flas, if you completed a 100 miler on that it would be some achievement!0
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I actually invented the mountain bike! In 1970 I fitted a pair of raleigh runabout (moped) wheels to my old push bike. It had hub brakes & big (2") nobbly tyres. It was a great mud plugger. Pity I didn't have the foresight to take it to raleigh...although I was only 12 at the time.
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Garz wrote:Talking of older bikes, remember the grifter:
strange, I remember the Grifter as looking like a MTB, maybe I was thinking of the "Bomber" http://www.raleigh-bomber.co.uk/0 -
nolf wrote:I've come across this phrase a few times (no I haven't been called one).
It seems to be derogatory, but don't know exactly what it means...
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Garz wrote:Now Flas, if you completed a 100 miler on that it would be some achievement!
Along with a being a miracle aye
IIRC when you changed gear, you had to pedal backwards :shock:
Mine was purple btwThe universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle. ...Stapp’s Ironical Paradox Law
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Fungus The Muffin Man wrote:Blue grifters were the way forward
I always remember mine as a bit of a tank that i could chuck, wheelie, jump over anything and anywhere I wanted to. It looks a bit weedy in this pic
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God, how badly did i want one of those when I was a kid??
And how long did it take before I realised that they were a total heap of shoite?
Not very long I'll tell you!!
The worst part was if you were going downhill and to brake sharply, you'll notice how the seat slopes down vey slightly and on sharp application of the brakes you would slide forward and smash your knackers on the gear shifter convieniently placed directly in front of you and you'd be singing soprano for a week!!!0 -
No they weren't shoite, they were wonderful. I had a mk 2 in purple and it was the dogs danglies, great bikes. Waaaay more iconic than the Grifter too.0
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theres the bike...
and theres the insult...
if you are called a chopper, you may have a nice bike and not shave your legs, or ride a road race with the peak on your helmet, ect........ the phrase is used by the younger generation of cyclists ( :roll: ) as a derogatory term
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Izzy\'s daddy wrote:
The worst part was if you were going downhill and to brake sharply, you'll notice how the seat slopes down vey slightly and on sharp application of the brakes you would slide forward and smash your knackers on the gear shifter convieniently placed directly in front of you and you'd be singing soprano for a week!!!0 -
Do you remember a year or 2 ago, Halfords were selling raleigh choppers, about 3 colleagues at my workplace bought one, I believe they were around £150 ish, limited edition, kinda wish i'd got one might be worth a bit.... or might not.That's my 2 cents,
Paul
Wakefield
Hybrid - Scott Sportster P5 2009
Road - Trek 1.5 2010
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I wish we had of kept our choppers from the 70's.0
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Right lads, get your choppers out.... (ooh err)0
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Do wind-powered choppers count? ( London Skyride)
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