Forgive me if I am wrong.....

Clockworkmark31
Clockworkmark31 Posts: 1,053
edited May 2015 in MTB general
Are Raleigh trying to make a come back with new RSP products and special edition choppers? Or are they tapping in to nostalgia?

I am excited but I hope it doesn't go the same way as the Technics audio relaunch.

Other opinions?

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    ? Choppers have always been terrible.

    But otherwise, perhaps links would help.
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  • robertpb
    robertpb Posts: 1,866
    I don't think you can call it nostalgia, I can't see middle age people going out to buy one, they'll be sold to a brand new set of young consumers, that's a different kettle of fish.

    I must agree with cooldad they were terrible but anything that will get kids out on two wheels is a plus point.
    Now where's that "Get Out of Crash Free Card"
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Some of the RSP bikes were excellent, but the bulk of Raleighs were serious sh1t. Activator anyone?
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    I had an Activator. It got nicked by a crusty after Pilton Pop Festival kicked out.
    I chased the stinking hippy down the road.
    Never been so sad to see a Levellers tee shirt wearing, dreadlocked, unwashed, traveller (probably called Tarquin Forbes-Smythe) pedalling in to the distance back to mummy and daddy's stately home.
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  • Angus Young
    Angus Young Posts: 3,063
    Should have thrown a rock at the cünt.
    All the gear, no idea and loving the smell of jealousy in the morning.
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    I tried but missed. I was only young, my throwing arm was weak.
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  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    Top swear filter avoidance there!

    I remember the ti RSP bikes in the late 90s. £4k even then.
  • Mattharrier
    Mattharrier Posts: 173
    I had an Activator - still have it, although it's in bits in the back garden at the moment and will probably end up going for scrap after I've taken anything of use off it.

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