When Halfords sold Chopper Bikes!

[Accy cyclist]

I've just seen this on Facebook.😉 Fifty two years on, how things have changed!😉

 

[spen666]

Has much changed?
Halfords still sell bikes, tools and in car entertainment systems - so in that respect not much has changed.

Prices have changed a bit, but so have the prices of everything

 

[Accy cyclist]

Has much changed?
Halfords still sell bikes, tools and in car entertainment systems - so in that respect not much has changed.

Prices have changed a bit, but so have the prices of everything

OK, maybe I should've said how the things they sold/sell have changed, as in car entertainment! Give me one of those radio/cassette players over one of these any day!!😉

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[Drago]

I still have exactly that Black and Decker drill.

 

[Accy cyclist]

OK, maybe I should've said how the things they sold/sell have changed, as in car entertainment! Give me one of those radio/cassette players over one of these any day!!😉

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There's one here for sale on fleabay!

VOXSON 8-TRACK RADIO USED IN JENSEN INTERCEPTORS | eBay UK https://share.google/JNtr2ZiL74oYLjK39

 

[Accy cyclist]

I still have exactly that Black and Decker drill.

I bet buying one now would be considerably more than the 1973 price of £15.75!😉

 

[Willd]

I've just seen this on Facebook.😉 Fifty two years on, how things have changed!😉

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Flares and a bike chain, what could possibly go wrong

 

[Accy cyclist]

Flares and a bike chain, what could possibly go wrong

I remember it well!!!🙄 😬 😉

 

[spen666]

OK, maybe I should've said how the things they sold/sell have changed, as in car entertainment! Give me one of those radio/cassette players over one of these any day!!😉

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I just got a new car ( oooh look at me) and find it weird that I can now no longer play a CD in the car, let alone my cassettes or my 8 tracks.

Does Radio 1 still broadcast on 247metres MW and Radio 2 on 1500m long wave and where is the Radio 1 Roadshow broadcasting from this week?

 

[spen666]

Flares and a bike chain, what could possibly go wrong

then there is that gear lever and a slippery seat....

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Notice how Halfords had their own version of a chopper for sale

 

[Chris S]

Prices have changed a bit, but so have the prices of everything

£33.75 would have been about the average weekly wage in 1973, it's about £600 now. The Chopper would have been a mid-price bike.

 

[Chris S]

Notice how Halfords had their own version of a chopper for sale

I bet quite a few kids were disappointed on Christmas morning.

 

[Drago]

A mate of mine had one of the clones, a Vindec Hi Riser if I recall correctly, and it wasn't half bad at all.

 

[Accy cyclist]

A mate of mine had one of the clones, a Vindec Hi Riser if I recall correctly, and it wasn't half bad at all.

That might be because Choppers weren't that good! I never had/owned one as my bikes were made from other bike parts, put together by my dad. Plus we lived in a very hilly town (I still live in the same town) and as far as I remember, Choppers were crap on hills!