Forget your Carbon Superpowers......this bike was awesome
tailwindhome
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Having a chat with my brother today and we got on to the topic of bikes from our childhood days. All the usual suspects were covered, Grifters, Choppers, various BMXs
Then we remembered this gem which the kid next door had
That, for those too young to remember, was the Raleigh Vektar complete with onboard computer.
Can your bike do this?
Bet you want one now.
Then we remembered this gem which the kid next door had
That, for those too young to remember, was the Raleigh Vektar complete with onboard computer.
Can your bike do this?
Bet you want one now.
“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
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It's big brother was this:
FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
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I remember them - a kid at school had one when I had a lowly Raleigh Commando, I was soooooooooo jealous!
Guessing everyone who posts on this thread will be aged 35-40...0 -
cjcp wrote:It's big brother was this:
Probably the show that got me obsessed with motorbikes at a young age. Now I have a new obsession!Bike/Train commuter: Brompton S2L - "Machete"
12mile each way commuter: '11 Boardman CX with guards and rack
For fun: '11 Wilier La Triestina
SS: '07 Kona Smoke with yellow bits0 -
dont think one of these ever made it to the village I grew up in (possible that I'm too old to have seen this :oops: ) ; we had to make to with single speeds which we'd made up from parts we salvaged from the local tip.
I recall the kids at the top of the road having grifters and choppes though.0 -
I had a Grifter that was stuck in top gear , so a SS :shock:
Was a swine going uphill ..........FCN 3/5/90 -
cyberknight wrote:I had a Grifter that was stuck in top gear , so a SS :shock:
Was a swine going uphill ..........
They were anyway as they weighed about half a tonne, Luckily the gears on mine worked alright most of the time, I also had a tomahawk too, but I used to pinch my sister busgie for pulling wheelies on as it was perfect for them!0 -
Man, that was the bike I always wanted but never got
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That takes me back
I had a Raleigh Commando too.Giant Escape M1....
Penny Farthing
Unicycle
The bike the Goodies rode
Pogo Stick
Donkey on Roller skates.......OK I'm lying, but I am down to one bike right now and I feel bad about it,0 -
cyberknight wrote:I had a Grifter that was stuck in top gear , so a SS :shock:
Was a swine going uphill ..........
Grifter boy here too.
I used to be able to get to quite a speed on it and I remember joining some BMX kids doing a small but vicious jump in the local park, I managed to go so high in the air I spun right round and landed on my back wth what must've been half a ton of bike on top of me. I was so winded I though I was going to die.0 -
