Grifter Chopper or BMX?

Walter Ego · March 30, 2014

You had to out the extras on choppers. Flags, mirrors, reflectors, they were like mini lambrettas

tsubaki · March 30, 2014

crash the bikes into each other and it would soon become apparent that the Grifter is king

toffeesnuggs · March 30, 2014

Grifter forks are like gibson's knees mate.

toffeesnuggs · March 30, 2014

Walter Ego said:
You had to out the extras on choppers. Flags, mirrors, reflectors, they were like mini lambrettas

That's wool that lad

daza_1973 · March 30, 2014

Raleigh Budgie - baby chopper

toffeesnuggs · March 30, 2014

daza_1973 said:
Raleigh Budgie - baby chopper

haha and a Tomahawk was the middle one.

Grifter > Striker > Boxer

Chopper > Tomahawk > Budgie

Peddle-back-brakes... FFS

Walter Ego · March 31, 2014

daza_1973 said:
Raleigh Budgie - baby chopper

My first bike

Simon Smith · March 31, 2014

None of the above!
Had a Rudge for a while given to me by an older cousin who had moved on to a moped but would borrow my mates Raleigh Bomber whenever I could it was a forerunner to the modern day mountain bikes but only twice as heavy and no such thing as front or rear suspension!

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · March 31, 2014

Simon Smith said:
None of the above!
Had a Rudge for a while given to me by an older cousin who had moved on to a moped but would borrow my mates Raleigh Bomber whenever I could it was a forerunner to the modern day mountain bikes but only twice as heavy and no such thing as front or rear suspension!

Cruiser.

Simon Smith · April 1, 2014

yup that's the one but he didn't have those handle bars on it he had the type you would find now on a mountain bike. The transfer on the upright of the frame were meant to look like a B-17 caught in enemy search lights.
One of the other lads had a bike he brought back from the USA that had a back peddle brake, which was great to use on wet grass but was bloody dangerous on paths and roads in the dry

Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian · April 1, 2014

Simon Smith said:
yup that's the one but he didn't have those handle bars on it he had the type you would find now on a mountain bike. The transfer on the upright of the frame were meant to look like a B-17 caught in enemy search lights.
One of the other lads had a bike he brought back from the USA that had a back peddle brake, which was great to use on wet grass but was bloody dangerous on paths and roads

The first BMX's had them, couple of mates had Puch Murray's

Cpl of 'arl Falcon Bmx's in the shed btw, Falcon Mag Flyer with some ace Mags on (£20 ebay) like left hand one

not in that cond tbh, mags are and took stickers off cos all torn and it looks a LOT better, cld be cleaned up pretty good imo as all original bits are on it, grips etc.

Other 1 is a chrome Falcon Freestyle 1, fella had cleaned it all up put gyro headset on and new tyres etc & ebayed it, I was the winner there as it was £27, had a garage full of bikes and sid he'd deffo lost on that 1 as the cables had cost him £15 alone.

the lads PK Ripper is the bike I always wanted though, his is just a Ripper (same frame forks & other stuff) the PK has lighter rims, diff hubs and cost double but his is all Aluminium, light as fook and great for jumps etc.