11/12/2023 0 Comments Girl with raleigh chopper bicycle![]() ![]() This single speed coaster brake bike is in great shape with excellent paint. Seller added the following information:Ĭlick to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge This auction is for a Vintage 1970(dated off the hub) Dunelt 24" kids bike built by Raleigh. Please contact me before leaving negative feedback as I try to resolve any concerns in a fair and timely manner. Purchase price refunded in such circumstances. Returns are accepted for grossly inaccurate information made in the listing. I describe items as accurately as possible. I do not allow refunds or exchanges because of change of mind. Many orders are shipped out the same business day! Returns: All sales are final. Most orders are processed and shipped out by the next business day. International bidders are welcome to email to confirm shipping costs as sometimes the calculator seems off but they are International Priority Small Box rates. Shipping: $5.35 USPS Priority Mail with delivery confirmation. Slight chrome loss but they look great and the end cap s are nice and free from road scrapes. more a little cleaning these would be a great piece for your refurbishment project. The Raleigh logo is clearly visible on all the blocks. I'm hoping that the Dutch buyers, Pon, who also own the presitige bike brand Cervelo, as ridden by British pro David Millar, vow to stop all the sentimental retro-fetishising of the Chopper and make the Raleigh name mighty, credible, modern and all grownup again.A pair of vintage used Raleigh Pedals from the late 60's/early 70's. The TI Raleigh team (which was, by the way, Dutch) had winners at the Tour de France and the Olympics. But here's the thing Raleigh could've been a contender. Their bikes are carbon fibre and titanium sleek, efficient and chrome-free. Modern cyclists are obsessed with weight and speed. Clumsy, heavy, ill-conceived, and downright dangerous, it's one of those kitsch, jokey 1970s things that, like Findus pancakes, onyx ornaments and racist comedians, hasn't travelled well into the 21st century – despite a celebrity-owners club that includes Damon Albarn, David Beckham and Lady Gaga. So how come I'm not shedding a tear for the Raleigh? Well the truth is that the Chopper was an utter pig of a bicycle. ![]() A kid in my village once upped the ante by getting his dad to replace his Chopper's handlebars with a car steering wheel. In the 70s Raleigh had an incredible 60-70% market domination of bicycle sales in the UK and the tarmac was awash with not just Choppers but also Chippers, Tomahawks and (later) Grifters. Cruising around my village and attempting wheelies on my Chopper made me feel free, rebellious and part of the gang. It had a long fat, lazy-boy seat upholstered like a sofa, "Ape hanger" handle bars, a cool kick stand, a Sturmey-Archer "suicide" gear stick that seemed to have been lifted from a Chevrolet and blinging chrome mudguards … that rusted almost immediately. A thinly disguised knock-off of the American Schwinns you'd see in Spielberg movies, it was styled like a motorbike with a big knobbly wheel at the back and small one at the front. To an East Yorkshire boy entranced by the Banana Splits and Evel Knievel, the Chopper seemed impossibly exotic. ![]()
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