Chopper

[udxcob]

Chopper anyone

 

http://capetown-westerncape.gumtree.co.za/c-Sports-Leisure-sports-bicycles-fitness-RALEIGH-CHOPPER-collectors-find-W0QQAdIdZ410837211

[Grebel]

If I'd known that they would be worth that much, I might not have ridden mine so hard when I was a kid...

Edited September 5, 2012 by Grebel

[flymango]

If I'd known that they would be worth that much, I might not have ridden mine so hard when I was a kid...

 

That's why I'm holding back now on my latest acquisition!

[DJR]

There is a good reason for choppers being rare - they were killedoff by people like me that retaliated after they tried to kill us. Oh boy, do I remember that long downhill with the loose gravel, that stupid little front wheel starting to wobble and then a proper slide leaving plenty of skin behind. I still have the scar to show, after a bloody long time. If it was cheaper, I would buy one so I can drive my Landrover over it.

[Woolf]

Could however pop a wheelie and keep it for almost 5 blocks.

[CAAD4]

There is a good reason for choppers being rare - they were killedoff by people like me that retaliated after they tried to kill us. Oh boy, do I remember that long downhill with the loose gravel, that stupid little front wheel starting to wobble and then a proper slide leaving plenty of skin behind. I still have the scar to show, after a bloody long time. If it was cheaper, I would buy one so I can drive my Landrover over it.

 

Managed to sing First Soprano for a while after near castration on the three speed gear lever...

[Delilah]

Wow, what a weird-looking bike! Do people actually collect bikes just to have them? Because surely no potential buyer would want to ride that. Where would one keep/display this bike collection??

[RockCoach]

Wow, what a weird-looking bike! Do people actually collect bikes just to have them? Because surely no potential buyer would want to ride that. Where would one keep/display this bike collection??

 

It would be a great Critical Mass bike as would most retro rides. I'm actually pretty annoyed that I didn't keep at least one of my steel road bikes from the 90s to convert to a fixie.

[Cippo]

I missed this one a few months back.

Mk3 though without the shifter on top tube.

http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q605/shaheedosman/53555FEA-AA78-44A9-93AD-8FE5EF03633C-678-0000009346614C14.jpg

Edited September 6, 2012 by MCipollini

[GrumpyOldGuy]

I missed this one a few months back.

Mk3 though without the shifter on top tube.

 

 

Wow, its in good shape hey.?

 

Didnt Schwinn also make a chopper? I somehow think I had a Schwinn, but its so long ago I really cant be sure.!

[LeTurbo]

I've seen one listed for 3 500 Great British Pounds. I think Schwinn did make one. And somebody rode the 94.7 when I did it about two years ago.

[GrumpyOldGuy]

I've seen one listed for 3 500 Great British Pounds. I think Schwinn did make one. And somebody rode the 94.7 when I did it about two years ago.

 

Yeah, would be interesting to see one again, a Schwinn Chopper that is, one of the great bicycle brands of yesteryear!.

[Cippo]

I saw on UK sites they selling for as much as £1600.

[ZOINCS]

[GrumpyOldGuy]

 

There we go, isnt that cool. Love that Easyrider type seat.

[Big H*]

Knatteruithaler daai ding op die top tube......... glad it was the ienglieshmens knatters that got in the way. Still jealous that his rich dad bought him one.