Children of the 70's unite.........................

[smokeysmoo]

Half day closing on Wednesdays.

We've got some smaller towns around here that still do that, and woe betide a shop keeper that try's to change it

 

[i hate hills]

Where i grew up you either had a Chopper or a Grifter. I had a red Grifter. Bloody heavy bike and only 3 gears.Good times.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Where i grew up you either had a Chopper or a Grifter. I had a red Grifter. Bloody heavy bike and only 3 gears.Good times.

and I'd wager that you'd picked the foam padding off the crossbar and the end of the HUGE saddle eventually got snapped off
BEFORE

AFTER, once the saddle had been bedded in

 

[ianrauk]

and I'd wager that you'd picked the foam padding off the crossbar and the end of HUGE saddle eventually got snapped off

Don't forget the crappy mudguards..

 

[ianrauk]

Where i grew up you either had a Chopper or a Grifter. I had a red Grifter. Bloody heavy bike and only 3 gears.Good times.

Had both. Yellow Chopper first followed by a blue Grifter.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Had both. Yellow Chopper first

You can get good creams for that nowadays.....................


apparently

 

[ianrauk]

You can get good creams for that nowadays.....................


apparently

oooh eeer missus...

 

[smokeysmoo]

followed by a blue Grifter.

How MUCH

Best of luck to him I say!

 

[subaqua]

View: http://youtu.be/KeMMow_Itqw

I so wanted a torch that did that

 

[Alex H]

*shudder*

Ours were footie scarfs, honest.

What team had a tartan scarf then?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

What team had a tartan scarf then?

B, A!
B, A, Y!
B, A, Y, C, I, T, Y!
With an R O double L, E, R S!
Bay City Rollers are the best!

 

[Aperitif]

B, A!
B, A, Y!
B, A, Y, C, I, T, Y!
With an R O double L, E, R S!
Bay City Rollers are the best!

Greenock Morton Harket to the rescue, Ed!

 

[Ron-da-Valli]

I had a bright red Chopper as a kid!
You could also go to the paper shop to buy 10 fags for your dad!
I used to wear bri nylon shirts, a purple "tank top" and purple flared cords!!

 

[Fnaar]

 

[Lanzecki]

I'd challenge anyones teacher to my year head Mr Kitchen.. A demon with the blackboard wiper. I swear he could control the thing in the air. "Don't move boy". It was only worse for ya if you moved. He would get you sometime.

He had a supply of them.