The Classic Chopper to be Relaunched at Halfrauds

[Deleted member 35268]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/acti...Raleigh-please-dont-relaunch-the-Chopper.html

p.s, my brother had one which i borrrowed alot. I fell off it alot too.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

It's not a Chopper if it doesn't have the T-bar gear lever on the crossbar, imo.

 

[The Jogger]

The first bike I came off when the front wheel went all over the place at speed.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Each to their own.

I wouldn't have one tho'

 

[AndyRM]

Too much black, not enough chrome, rubbish decals. No thanks.

 

[AndyRM]

£250?!

 

[ScotiaLass]

No, no, no and no!!
It just wouldn't be the same. The original was a safety planners nightmare
My friend had a purple/orange one and I was so jealous...she used to give me 'backies' on it.

 

[EltonFrog]

That looks like a nasty piece of knitting that.

 

[Markymark]

Is this not just some idiot at Halfords who accidentally put different size wheels on a bunch of bikes?

 

[Over The Hill]

Purge your eyes with this

 

[LarryDuff]

Me and my brother had a bright orange one. It was fun to ride but it was never quite the same after a car hit my brother. His broken leg recovered but not the chopper.

 

[Cheddar George]

No, no, no and no!!
It just wouldn't be the same. The original was a safety planners nightmare
My friend had a purple/orange one and I was so jealous...she used to give me 'backies' on it.

Rebel !

 

[Arjimlad]

It's not a Chopper if it doesn't have the T-bar gear lever on the crossbar, imo.

Agreed. I had one of these aged about 9 from Halfords. It was silver. Many happy memories and it got passed on to friends.

That T-bar gear lever had echoes of Star Trek "warp factor 9 captain".... a clicky Sturmey Archer thingumabob on the handlebars would turn it into a shopper. Might as well put a white wire basket on the front. And what's the deal with the 2-part seat ?

 

[Cheddar George]

I reached a major crossroads in my life at the tender age of 10.
Having out grown my Tomahawk (the younger brother of the Chopper) i was getting a new bike for my birthday.
Would i upgrade to the proper big boy version, or maybe the 5-speed (count 'em) Peugeot "racer" with drop handle bars ! ?

I went with the Peugeot......... 35 years later there is still a little bit of me that wishes i had owned a Chopper,

 

[stephec]

Purge your eyes with this

That's more like it.

it's like films, some never need remakes.