Show us your skip find bike

[Mrs M]

Been busy and finally got round to cleaning and having a good look at my lovely new (to me) mark 3 Chopper 😀
First attempt at bringing an older, neglected bike to life and no expert 😬
Frame and wheels look good, just some cosmetic attention required.
New handlebars required and maybe new rack and springy bits.
Tried to revive the mudguards this afternoon and seem to be having some success!
Hard work though.

 

[Mrs M]

Used bicarbonate of soda and wet tin foil to rub down the mudguard 👍🏼

 

[EltonFrog]

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Been busy and finally got round to cleaning and having a good look at my lovely new (to me) mark 3 Chopper 😀
First attempt at bringing an older, neglected bike to life and no expert 😬
Frame and wheels look good, just some cosmetic attention required.
New handlebars required and maybe new rack and springy bits.
Tried to revive the mudguards this afternoon and seem to be having some success!
Hard work though.

Oh my! That was unloved. I would have thought though that those handlebars would polish up, I’ve had worse. A bit of kitchen foil and acetic acid or polish.

 

[Mrs M]

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Oh my! That was unloved. I would have thought though that those handlebars would polish up, I’ve had worse. A bit of kitchen foil and acetic acid or polish.

Will give it a go, thanks 🤩

 

[skudupnorth]

Dragged this out of a council pile of scrap before it was going to be crushed by a bulldozer.
1983 Elswick folder

 

[Mrs M]

Been trying to find age of my mark 3 Chopper.
Frame number is SF40306847

 

[Chris S]

Been trying to find age of my mark 3 Chopper.
Frame number is SF40306847

The MK3 was in production from 2004-2012.

 

[Mrs M]

The MK3 was in production from 2004-2012.

Yes, would like to know what year it is.
can find the exact date and place older Chopper’s were built but not the mark 3

 

[Pete.H]

Been trying to find age of my mark 3 Chopper.
Frame number is SF40306847

www.rcoc.co.uk/frame_number_is_used_to_a.htm
Have a look here. All explained

 

[Chris S]

www.rcoc.co.uk/frame_number_is_used_to_a.htm
Have a look here. All explained

I don't think that applies to post-2000 bikes when UK production had stopped.

 

[Mrs M]

www.rcoc.co.uk/frame_number_is_used_to_a.htm
Have a look here. All explained

Yes, checked that, seems to be older bikes.
👍🏼

 

[All uphill]

June 2020.

I pulled a steel framed Phillips out of the skip at our local cycle charity. I stripped it, resprayed it and built it up for the nephew of a friend.

It's the only bike I've ever sold at a profit, if you ignore the hours I spent working on it .

 

[Punkawallah]

Was on the scrap pile at the lfbs, so I’m claiming it as ‘skipped’. Raleigh something or other, too small for me - when I find someone desperate enough, I’ll give it away.

 

[dicko]

There wasn’t any Skips back in 1961 but there was my grandfather’s shed. We visited from Stamford to Chippenham for the Easter holidays and whilst there my grandfather asked if I would like his old allotment bike? I jumped at the chance as it had a three speed derailleur, got it home on Dads roof rack and with my pocket money made a racing bike for myself. Here’s a photo of me and the bike after modifications.

 

[Tashman]