Raleigh Chopper Mk2

[stringbean]

And then what?

[AndreZA]

Who's is that Mercx?

[Bionic man]

I do not want to go down Chappies on that................  If you get a wobble......you are going to hospital

 

Hey Samma, no need to mock me, I know I am a bit overweight but really.........

[Bionic man]

Thanks for the pic mercx, really got me drooling now, can't wait to get home.

[Sammajoor]

 

I do not want to go down Chappies on that................  If you get a wobble......you are going to hospital

 

Hey Samma' date=' no need to mock me, I know I am a bit overweight but really.........

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the front wheelI meant the front wheel.........  sorry

 

[Old school]

Who's is that Mercx?

Some guy in UK sold that bike for ?1600!

 

http://www.choppertrader.com/111%20CHOPPER%20MK2%20NEW%20PAGE.htm 

[Dirt*girl™]

But you have to admit...the red looks really hot!!!!

[Bionic man]

Who's is that Mercx?

Some guy in UK sold that bike for ?1600!

 

http://www.choppertrader.com/111%20CHOPPER%20MK2%20NEW%20PAGE.htm 

 

Definitely not a HUBBER who bought it

[STEEL Niner]

So waht does it weigh......... (typical hubber)

 

No but seriously, restore it too original, for me a classic restored beetle has way more class than a baja bug blinged out or not.

[Guest Big H]

Keep her standard with the exeception of a bit of bling in perhaps a cool gold chain and some bling kcnc skewers.

 

Skewers??????....... Sussie.......... in die tyd toe die fiets al die seuntjies laat drool het was die enigste skewers die goed waar hulle hoennertjies op ge-skewer het om hulle te barbeque. In daai tyd het fietse NET solid asse gehad wat net boute vasgedraai het nog ook!!!!!!!

[TYGA]

Restore it to standard. I picked a totally original one up in the Cape Ads a couple of years ago for R250 or 300 bucks, rode it around the block a few times and then it stood gathering dust and cobwebs. I sadly sold it for a grand a while later to buy a longboard. Still got the longboard....still loving it....but when it's trashed, I know the regrets about that Chopper will be back.  

[TЯΞB]

Out of stock, but looks like they were still making them up until 2006:

 

http://www.bikes2udirect.com/B0883.html

 

 

Raleigh Chopper owner's club:

 

http://www.rcoc.co.uk/

 

You gotta love the wheelie bars ....

 

 

Choppers Extreme:

 

http://www.rnlawrence.btinternet.co.uk/

 

[AndreZA]

Out of stock' date=' but looks like they were still making them up until 2006:

 

 

 

http://www.bikes2udirect.com/B0883.html

 

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These look like the same ones that Releigh had a few years ago. Quite discusting.

[Bionic man]

Have stripped her completely, start cleaning next weekend and then the spending starts.

[Johan Bornman]

I say pimp the hell out of it.

 

Those things were so dangerous they're not worth not being improved on.

 

I am not very creative with these things but Google Image "Pimp bike" and you'll see this is serious stuff.

 

I've always wanted to build a set of pimped up wheels for someone and since you offered to pay, I'l suggest a 114 spoke rear wheel matched to a 72-spoker in front. (Did I mention that I charge per spoke?)

 

Alternatively, I've always wanted to build a wheel with glass beads threaded onto the spokes. At low speed, the beads rattle away, at high speed they quieten down. When you come to a stop, they crackle and settle. I saw that in Amsterdam...the city's only pimped bike above all those dreary post office things they ride there.

 

Then, I'll put some decent brakes on there. I don't like the disk idea since it obscures my nice wheels. Canti's or V's.

 

Rear wheel should have a Nexus hub connected to the floor shift.

 

There is lots of real estate for creative painting on the frame, give Cycleart a fat budget and let them go.

 

Lights, bells and tassles go without saying but I'm also thinking a rigid MTB fork of the type that looks like a suspension fork - maybe for a 29er so that the font is lifted way up like a Californian chopper.

 

 

[Bionic man]

I say pimp the hell out of it.

 

 

Talk about putting a spanner in the works, been looking at the pimped examples.

 

I like the idea of been different but not over the top. All my bikes are one off/handbuilt/gemodified.

 

Wait for my 1960s BSA to be finished.

 

I like the idea of spokes, spokes and more spokes. Anyway, I am going to sleep on it for the next week. (working in Upington for the week anyway so cannot do anything till next weekend). Choices, choices