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28-04-2006, 11:20
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cumbria
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| Bikes from the 70's & 80's If you're old enough  I'll start you off .... 
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28-04-2006, 11:24
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's I had a Commando
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28-04-2006, 11:25
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's Quote:
 Oh the memories
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28-04-2006, 11:33
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's I had a "power bmx" all in white - until I left it lying down behind my Dad's car and he reversed right over it.
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28-04-2006, 11:39
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cruising the M65
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's I had a Raleigh Scorcher, my brother had a Striker with pedal back rear brake, his rear tyre only ever lasted a couple of months
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28-04-2006, 11:41
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the back of an AA truck with a failed turbo
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's I had one of these , minus all the mudgards and with BMX forks and wheels fitted  It replaced this 
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28-04-2006, 12:07
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North East UK
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's I remeber having a bog standard bike but longed for either a muddy fox or a raleigh team banana bright yellow racing bike. Never got either .. I was hard done by as a child !!!  |
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28-04-2006, 14:42
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's I thought the Chopper was only available in yellow, red(ish), purple (later) and lastly black towards the end of its life. I always wanted an Eddy Mercx racing bike, but ended up with a Peugeot racing bike which was much better. All my mates had Raliegh Arena's or Kalkhoff racing bikes.
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28-04-2006, 14:50
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| Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's I lusted after Marin mountain bikes from a very early age. Was lucky enough to get a palisades one at the age of about 11, then I got a Rocky Ridge when I was about 14.  That rocky ridge was hell of a bike with a nice 7005 alloy frame (looked phat )
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28-04-2006, 14:52
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| Briskodian | Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's Quote:
My sister had a 'Stowaway' folding bike.Brother had a chipper | |
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28-04-2006, 14:52
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's I'm not really old but..................
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28-04-2006, 15:08
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's Quote:
 - most people over here don't seem to remember them only remembering the Chopper. Was very cool out there as anything English was viewed as advanced Then had a Phillips bike (typical Indian / Chinese style thing) which was a 60s model ... they recycle things well over there!
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28-04-2006, 18:48
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| rodeo monkey  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: blah, blah, f*****g blah!
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's i had a mk2 raleigh burner, in black:  now have a spesh bighit with hopes/shivers etc and a dmr rhythm with dj 1's and some nice primo cranks currently rebuilding my chute for work duties
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28-04-2006, 20:06
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's Quote:
yea im old enough. dont remember it in blue.  mine was orange. dangerous bikes if they went in 2 speed wobble down a hill.  front tyre 2 small i think.  must admit had years of fun on it. and u could fit ur girl on the back.
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29-04-2006, 08:12
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's In the 70's I had Yamaha FS1E Yamaha YDS7 Yamaha RD200 Suzuki GT250 Suzuki T500 Suzuki GT500 Honda CB550 K3 Yamaha XS 650 Custom
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29-04-2006, 09:15
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's Tiny photo, but: Raleigh Burner  Until some c--- stole it  I now have a: Free Agent - Flying Fortress 
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29-04-2006, 22:53
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's My dad had a bike shop so i usually had 2 or 3 bikes at any one time. I had:- Tomahawk Striker Chopper Racing Pro BMX Mongoose BMX Vectar Various Peugeot Racers can't remember the other BMX's and racers had and don't recall what happened to any of them. I'm gettin old. lol
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29-04-2006, 23:36
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| Briskodian  | Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's i got a restored 1975 purple chopper which will be for sale soon with a matching purple tomahawk finished in chopper stickers to look like a mini me chopper. my 7 year old daughter rides a 1975 tomahawk painted pink with white chopper stickers which looks so cool. & im half way finished on a bog bike (bike for getting to the toilets when camping). a 73 chopper in matt army green all chrome painted matt black & black stenciling. they look ace but a bugger to ride. ha |
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30-04-2006, 12:25
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's  I had a Raleigh Grifter before moving on to my first mountain bike, an emelle cougar, then onto a raleigh activator
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30-04-2006, 12:56
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| I parked up 1st  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: not near enough to the Ring
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's my first bike was my dads bike he had in the police in the sixties ,sturmey archer 3speed continually snapped handle bars doing wheelies wrecked rear wheels hopping up kerbs, then i built up bikes from bits i found ,a grifter with various other raleigh parts . then i had 2 racing bikes ,which i rode to work on ,both were stolen , then a standard bike , snapped the frame on that one doing jumps , then i had my first mountain bike ,diamond back topanga in 1991 , did some mtb races ,sold that got a marin eldridge grade in 1992 ,still got it bought a marin wolfridge in 2002 ,full sus but hardly used it so sold it 2004
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01-05-2006, 18:18
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Warrington, Cheshire
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| Re: Bikes from the 70's & 80's Well I had a Purple Raleigh Chopper, it was the dogs danglies and as my mum worked at TI at the time I had it before anyone else was I the most popular kid in school....... for a short while anyway ;-)
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