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coldel · Post by **coldel** » Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:15 pm

Pondrew wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 2:10 pm
TitanTim wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 11:09 am And to think I was over the moon with a Raleigh Chopper,
They are worth more than the latest i-phone now!
Never had a Chopper . Parents were too tight. I had a 'Chopper look-a-like' that my dad got from the tip and did up for me. Still loved it and spent most of my childhood on it!

It wasn't a 'Tomahawk' by any chance

Pondrew · Post by **Pondrew** » Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:09 pm

coldel wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:15 pm It wasn't a 'Tomahawk' by any chance

No that was the baby Chopper. Mine was a mish-mash. Looked a bit like a chopper with the central Sturmey Archer gear lever and a high hoop at the back, but it had a big front wheel with less of a 'u' in the handlebars. My mates always wanted to ride my bike as it was 'different' and handled much better than a Chopper with that tiny front wheel!

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:48 pm

I believed you all the way until you mentioned the word “mates”

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:27 pm

pvr wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 3:32 pm 11 and ciggies? There was no hope for you …

I used to pinch by dads pipe baccie and make roll ups

and then got caught smoking at school and a letter sent home. I remember my dad saying to me, I can't tell you off as I smoke a pipe so can't set an example. I gave up smoking over 30 years ago, best thing I did.

Always reminds me of this

https://youtu.be/aabrXxnvTpU

Tim.

coldel · Post by **coldel** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:59 am

Pondrew wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:09 pm
coldel wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:15 pm It wasn't a 'Tomahawk' by any chance
No that was the baby Chopper. Mine was a mish-mash. Looked a bit like a chopper with the central Sturmey Archer gear lever and a high hoop at the back, but it had a big front wheel with less of a 'u' in the handlebars. My mates always wanted to ride my bike as it was 'different' and handled much better than a Chopper with that tiny front wheel!

Just googled Tomahawk and found a pic of one, exactly the same as what I had!

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:18 am

Didn't that one have the gearlever in the middle? That was the coolest thing (besides the seats of course).

Never had one of these though.

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:37 am

I had a ropey old second hand yellow chopper back in the 80s.
Didn't have 20 Silk Cut though [Tim]

coldel · Post by **coldel** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:33 am

pvr wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:18 am Didn't that one have the gearlever in the middle? That was the coolest thing (besides the seats of course).

Never had one of these though.

Yes I do remember the gear lever, and how it made bugger all difference in reality

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:40 am

This bike was not for cycling, this bike was about being "cool".

inkey$ · Post by **inkey$** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:42 am

pvr wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:40 am This bike was not for cycling, this bike was about being "cool".

...and definitely ignoring the sign on the seat telling you not to carry passengers.

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:51 am

I think the first version (Raleigh) had a gear knob and the latter version a T shaped selector, all I know is it ensured I never needed a vasectomy in later life

Tim.

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