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What bike did you have as a kid? 13:16 - Sep 26 with 4038 viewsKeno

Prompted by a discussion as to how cool it would have been to have a Chopper bike, although actually they were a bit naff

I had a white Raleigh Olympus, looked so cool!!



PS that isnt me in the picture, I was cooler than that

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 14:34 - Sep 26 with 1291 viewsHelp

What bike did you have as a kid? on 13:38 - Sep 26 by GavTWTD



I think I had one of these. Wasnt sure if it was a Striker or a Grifter.


Grifter was the big bike for older boys

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 14:37 - Sep 26 with 1289 viewsbluelagos

What bike did you have as a kid? on 14:22 - Sep 26 by Keno

you've honed your biking skills from an early age!!


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What bike did you have as a kid? on 14:38 - Sep 26 with 1284 viewsblueasfook

Raleigh Super Tuff Burner. It had Skyway (i think?) wheels. The gold finish was like a plastic coating which I scraped off and it was chrome underneath, so mine ended up chrome instead of gold.



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What bike did you have as a kid? on 14:49 - Sep 26 with 1267 viewsSwansea_Blue

What bike did you have as a kid? on 13:38 - Sep 26 by GavTWTD



I think I had one of these. Wasnt sure if it was a Striker or a Grifter.


Same. I had that colour Strika and then moved on to the larger Grifter (silver). Then a Rayleigh racer from when I was about 12/13, but couldn't tell you what it was called. I went all over Suffolk on that thing though.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 15:04 - Sep 26 with 1251 viewsWhos_blue

I had several bikes as a kid.
The first one I remember was my grandma's old step through bike. My dad painted it yellow and black to match Mildehall Fen Tigers colours.
I used my mum's shopper and my grandad's sit up and beg too.
My first new bike was a Raleigh Commando circa 79.
My grandad then reconned a 10 speed racer.
My last childhood bike was a black and red Raleigh Burner BMX circa 83/4.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 15:18 - Sep 26 with 1235 viewsWeWereZombies

I had one of these, Dad bought it for me and I had no say in the matter. At least it was new.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 15:20 - Sep 26 with 1234 viewsEJP

What bike did you have as a kid? on 14:15 - Sep 26 by gainsboroughblue

Striker up until about aged 10 or 11, then a Grifter.


Another Striker here!
Then I was bought a BMX style bike, but it had gears… thinking back I was a ungrateful sod!
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What bike did you have as a kid? on 15:21 - Sep 26 with 1234 viewsbudgiebasher

What bike did you have as a kid? on 13:25 - Sep 26 by Help

Grifter. Best bike in the world. Damn heavy and I could wheelie it. 3 gears. Chunky tyres.

Cousin had a chopper. Back pedal to brake?? And gears between your legs. Really?? It was only the shape that made it iconic otherwise it was a dodgy bike.

IMHO


I got a blue grifter for my 10th birthday. Absolutely loved it. Got a bit jealous when a couple of mates got diamondbacks though

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 15:22 - Sep 26 with 1234 viewsEJP

What bike did you have as a kid? on 14:17 - Sep 26 by ITFC_Forever

There was Raleigh progression as you grew... Boxer, Strika (I also had the black one), Grifter.

Except I went from Strika to Raleigh Pacer (a form of racer).


And folding the mudguard on a Grifter so it caught the tire and made a sound like a motorbike…
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What bike did you have as a kid? on 15:29 - Sep 26 with 1222 viewsWhos_blue

What bike did you have as a kid? on 15:22 - Sep 26 by EJP

And folding the mudguard on a Grifter so it caught the tire and made a sound like a motorbike…


I used to peg a playing card to the rear frame for the same effect.
I then progressed to a twist grip that made a motorbike sound when you twisted it.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 16:33 - Sep 26 with 1183 viewsIllinoisblue

What bike did you have as a kid? on 14:17 - Sep 26 by ITFC_Forever

There was Raleigh progression as you grew... Boxer, Strika (I also had the black one), Grifter.

Except I went from Strika to Raleigh Pacer (a form of racer).


We rode those bikes all summer long, building ramps and obstacle courses. Out in the morning, footy and cricket in between bike rides. “Be home before it gets dark.” TWTD.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 16:43 - Sep 26 with 1163 viewsDubtractor

I bought myself a Raleigh Banana racer when I was about 15.

Prior to that a selection of basic second hand numbers, cos we was poor.
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What bike did you have as a kid? on 16:51 - Sep 26 with 1140 viewsTractor_Buck

Always Raleigh. Strika first, then a Grifter. I also had a Burner which my brother rescued from a skip, did up and hand painted military green.
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What bike did you have as a kid? on 17:26 - Sep 26 with 1100 viewscbower

Chipper>Dawes Mini-Racer>BSA Tour de France

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 17:50 - Sep 26 with 1088 viewsstonojnr

Grifter, in blue of course
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What bike did you have as a kid? on 17:57 - Sep 26 with 1074 viewsCheltenham_Blue

I'm afraid I was one of these kids.



But my favourite bike of all time was the Hawk Scrambler - Basically a Grifter rip-off.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 18:12 - Sep 26 with 1062 viewsWarkystache

Raleigh Grifter until 1985 then someone gave my dad their Cannondale racing bike and I nicked it.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 19:05 - Sep 26 with 1025 viewsTheBlueGnu

None as a kid, but when I turned 16 I think it was the same-age Mandy.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 19:22 - Sep 26 with 1013 viewsGlasgowBlue

Started with a metallic blue Raleigh Chopper until I was a teenager then went onto a purple Raleigh Flyer.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 20:39 - Sep 26 with 963 viewsLord_Lucan

I had a Tomahawk, which I believe was smaller than the Chipper, which was smaller than the Chopper.

Had it nicked whilst standing it outside Mr Ahmeds but amazingly a copper found it and brought it round my house that evening after mother reported it stolen - those were the days eh?

I outgrew it and I was bought a cheap racing bike, much inferior to my cousins Eddy Mercx (sp)

Fecking chain was always coming off. I blooming hated it.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 04:43 - Sep 27 with 885 viewsBenters

Tomahawk.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 10:05 - Sep 27 with 826 viewsSwansea_Blue

What bike did you have as a kid? on 16:33 - Sep 26 by Illinoisblue

We rode those bikes all summer long, building ramps and obstacle courses. Out in the morning, footy and cricket in between bike rides. “Be home before it gets dark.” TWTD.


That was life as a teenager. It literally was 'be back for your tea' wasn't it. Lazy days on Rushmere Heath, as there was quite a network of cycle tracks and jumps. Then a bit later there was the cycle speedway tracks that we'd burn around. Pinching golf balls to confuse the golfers. TWTD indeed.

Video games and all the tech these days are pretty impressive, but I wouldn't swap it for what we had 'back in the day'.
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What bike did you have as a kid? on 10:40 - Sep 27 with 809 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

What bike did you have as a kid? on 10:05 - Sep 27 by Swansea_Blue

That was life as a teenager. It literally was 'be back for your tea' wasn't it. Lazy days on Rushmere Heath, as there was quite a network of cycle tracks and jumps. Then a bit later there was the cycle speedway tracks that we'd burn around. Pinching golf balls to confuse the golfers. TWTD indeed.

Video games and all the tech these days are pretty impressive, but I wouldn't swap it for what we had 'back in the day'.
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My dad had a very loud and very distinctive whistle (with his mouth and two fingers, not the physical object)... wherever we were playing in the streets, we heard his whistle and knew it was time to run/cycle home for tea. It was like the aural equivalent of the Bat Signal.

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What bike did you have as a kid? on 11:29 - Sep 27 with 788 viewsCafe_Newman

Hand-me-downs until my 12th birthday.

Then the bike I had for 15 years



I loved it.
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What bike did you have as a kid? on 11:31 - Sep 27 with 783 viewsgainsboroughblue

Having researched, it appears that I was lucky to have a Grifter as they stopped making them the year I got it, 1983.

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