Only 92p a week

[Brandane]

Talking of Choppers....
Some chancer/optimist on ebay is looking for £550 ...... just for the SEAT from a mk2! .

 

[cookiemonster]

I got rid of the Chopper and Grifter for a Coventry Eagle racer.

I outgrew the Grifter and my first race bike was a second hand Dawes.

 

[Dadam]

I had a blue one, second (or probably third or fourth hand). I went all over on it. Gear shifter went and was replaced by a thumb shifter, presumably because spares were in short supply by then (early 80s). Chainstay rusted through and was welded by a bloke at the local garage for a couple of quid.

Then I fell off it on a family bike ride, going downhill. Faceplant, chipped front teeth and a bit of road rash. I didn't realise it at the time but that pretty much killed cycling for me from then until 2019!

 

[Fnaar]

I didn't have one, but undoubtedly it would have been purple

 

[mustang1]

The Grifter was a more practical bike

Nah! The Chopper has a rack built-in so I used to put my mum's shopping in a carrier bag back there; the carrying handles of the bag fitted on the vertical poles behind the saddle. It also had a kick-stand (tbf, i think the Grifter did as well?).

I had a red Chopper and my friend had a light-blue Grifter. My other friend had some unknown-to-me bike and the three of us would ride around the 'hood. Good memories.

 

[Grant Fondo]

What about this one for £99.50 a week?