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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago

I use to love my BMX. A red Raleigh with white mag wheels. Used to build ramps and do risky stunts. Used to love tinkering with it in the garage and putting a piece of card against the back wheel so it sounded like a motorbike. Fun times.

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By *layfullsamMan
42 weeks ago

Solihull

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By *mmaleiaWoman
42 weeks ago

East Northamptonshire

Grifter XL Mk2 which I still have in my shed

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By *rafter69Man
42 weeks ago

upminster

I had a Raleigh Max and loved it.

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By *ookie46Woman
42 weeks ago

Deepest darkest Peru

I had a budgie bike, then a grifter before getting a chopper

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By (user no longer on site)
42 weeks ago

A red raleigh chopper bike, it was great until u slid off the saddle in to the gear leaver.

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By *ittleJohn5Man
42 weeks ago

Wickham Market


"Grifter XL Mk2 which I still have in my shed "

Grandad to the BMX

Cool bike

But away wanted a Raleigh burner

Chrome frame one

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By (user no longer on site)
42 weeks ago

I didn't have a bicycle, my parents could never afford such a luxury

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By *o scandalousWoman
42 weeks ago

Glasgow

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By *o scandalousWoman
42 weeks ago

Glasgow

I had a yellow bmx with red spokes. Loved it. Used to make ramps and do jumps. Thought I was IT!

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By *ornywelsh2sumCouple
42 weeks ago

Neath valley.

Had a chippy and then a chopper.

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By *ighlandguy007Man
42 weeks ago

inverness/Bournemouth

I had a hi tec mountain bike but always took a shot of my brother’s kona fire mountain with splatter paint job any chance I got lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"I didn't have a bicycle, my parents could never afford such a luxury"

sad to hear you missed the experience )

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By *rofessor ElementalMan
42 weeks ago

Durham

First childhood bike was a brilliant orange mk1 Raleigh Chopper absolutely loved it.

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By *ehindHerEyesCouple
42 weeks ago

SomewhereOnlyWeKnow

Can't remember which one it was but it was a Raleigh wild cat or street wolf, complete with sound affects

Tinder

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"I had a yellow bmx with red spokes. Loved it. Used to make ramps and do jumps. Thought I was IT! "

Did you and your friends lay after the ramp and hope the rider cleared the last person? I used to. Remember hearing the bike approaching and thinking.... Don't mess it up and land on me!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"Can't remember which one it was but it was a Raleigh wild cat or street wolf, complete with sound affects

Tinder "

Sound fx! What were they?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago

A lot of chopper owners. I never had one, but so cool. Like the Harley Davidson of peddle power.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"Had a chippy and then a chopper."

Never heard of a chippy, what was that?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"Grifter XL Mk2 which I still have in my shed "

As you should, never sell it.

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By (user no longer on site)
42 weeks ago

The one i remember was a raleigh apple.. it was red with a green apple sticker on the mud guard and a wee white box on the back loved that bike

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"The one i remember was a raleigh apple.. it was red with a green apple sticker on the mud guard and a wee white box on the back loved that bike "

But..... What was in the wee white box?

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By *ddie1966Man
42 weeks ago

Paper Town Central, Essex.

Me and my mates used to knock together Frankenbikes as kids but the first one I bought was a Raleigh Arena. Milk round money.....

Put 1000's of miles on it going to swim training every morning and club road racing. It was the GT version with 10 gears, otherwise known as a "double clanger".

Some git nicked it but they did me a favour. Moved up to a Dawes Lightweight after that.

God Im Old. No Choppers when I was a kid.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"Me and my mates used to knock together Frankenbikes as kids but the first one I bought was a Raleigh Arena. Milk round money.....

Put 1000's of miles on it going to swim training every morning and club road racing. It was the GT version with 10 gears, otherwise known as a "double clanger".

Some git nicked it but they did me a favour. Moved up to a Dawes Lightweight after that.

God Im Old. No Choppers when I was a kid."

Glad you see that as me doing you a favour now. I exchanged it for a copy of Razzle and some bubble gum.

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By *olarbear73Man
42 weeks ago

Glasgow

I had a black and yellow Falcon Pro Zeta - loved that bike.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"I had a black and yellow Falcon Pro Zeta - loved that bike. "

You lucky bar steward!

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
42 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

When I read the thread title I thought it was going to be about the girl who used to live down the road.

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By *ndrewInEssexMan
42 weeks ago

Harlow

Had a Chopper, snapped the frame twice doing jumps on it

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"Had a Chopper, snapped the frame twice doing jumps on it "

Good Man!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"When I read the thread title I thought it was going to be about the girl who used to live down the road. "

There's always one that has to smuttify a clean thread! I trust you're hanging your head in shame sir?

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
42 weeks ago

BRIDPORT


"When I read the thread title I thought it was going to be about the girl who used to live down the road.

There's always one that has to smuttify a clean thread! I trust you're hanging your head in shame sir? "

We used to call her Flora, cos she spread easily

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By (user no longer on site)
42 weeks ago

I had a Raleigh.. I have a photo of me on it the first day - I must have got it for my birthday

It was 2nd hand but I absolutely loved it.. No idea how my mum afforded it, it was possibly bought by my grandparents

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By *B69Woman
42 weeks ago

Wiltshire

I always wanted a grifter but Santa gave me a Raleigh shopper instead, wasn’t any good for jumps or stunts

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By *iltsTSgirlTV/TS
42 weeks ago

chichester

Still got one of my original Raleigh aero burner bmx and a mongoose with skyway msgs to

When I got bought them in the late 80s

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By *hrek101Man
42 weeks ago

Herts


"I didn't have a bicycle, my parents could never afford such a luxury"

Not just me then...mines reasoning was there was no point as I would only break it.

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By *odgers and PartingCouple
42 weeks ago

edinburgh


"I use to love my BMX. A red Raleigh with white mag wheels. Used to build ramps and do risky stunts. Used to love tinkering with it in the garage and putting a piece of card against the back wheel so it sounded like a motorbike. Fun times. "

A red Raleigh? Were the Raleigh burners not all blue. I had a red grifter and a lime green with yellow skyways GT performer. K

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"I always wanted a grifter but Santa gave me a Raleigh shopper instead, wasn’t any good for jumps or stunts"

Pedestrian riders are welcome here. You must of tried pulling a wheelie on it though?

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By *ElectricityMan
42 weeks ago

Preston

A red Raleigh BSA javelin rode it everywhere and I've never been without a bike since

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"I use to love my BMX. A red Raleigh with white mag wheels. Used to build ramps and do risky stunts. Used to love tinkering with it in the garage and putting a piece of card against the back wheel so it sounded like a motorbike. Fun times.

A red Raleigh? Were the Raleigh burners not all blue. I had a red grifter and a lime green with yellow skyways GT performer. K "

If you mean the brake rubbers?, No they were black as I remember.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"Still got one of my original Raleigh aero burner bmx and a mongoose with skyway msgs to

When I got bought them in the late 80s "

You do realise, a hotpics photo pose on it is now unavoidable?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago

Lovely to read I'm not alone in fondly reminiscing my BMX.

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By (user no longer on site)
42 weeks ago

I had a Grifter

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By *o scandalousWoman
42 weeks ago

Glasgow


"I had a yellow bmx with red spokes. Loved it. Used to make ramps and do jumps. Thought I was IT!

Did you and your friends lay after the ramp and hope the rider cleared the last person? I used to. Remember hearing the bike approaching and thinking.... Don't mess it up and land on me! "

I never did that, but other pals did it on their bmx’s I just did high ramps

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By *ominanTeeMan
42 weeks ago

Sligo

My first bicycle was my first new one until I bought my first BMX out of my communion money, but it was borrowed without consent, along with my first double kicktail batman skateboard from outside our front door in Middlesex, I was 4/5, that taught me a valuable lesson about why theft is bad. After that my grandad sent me an old bicycle from Ireland, complete with one homemade wooden pedal... my bicycles until my BMX never had brakes, my runners used to have arches worn into them from using my foot as a brake I was a danger on bikes, my mother used to have people calling to complain that i'd cycled straight out in front of them going through a crossroads, and my mum is a legend, so they were told where to go lollololol gimme a bike and something to launch it off and I was airborne

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"My first bicycle was my first new one until I bought my first BMX out of my communion money, but it was borrowed without consent, along with my first double kicktail batman skateboard from outside our front door in Middlesex, I was 4/5, that taught me a valuable lesson about why theft is bad. After that my grandad sent me an old bicycle from Ireland, complete with one homemade wooden pedal... my bicycles until my BMX never had brakes, my runners used to have arches worn into them from using my foot as a brake I was a danger on bikes, my mother used to have people calling to complain that i'd cycled straight out in front of them going through a crossroads, and my mum is a legend, so they were told where to go lollololol gimme a bike and something to launch it off and I was airborne "

Wish I'd known you as a kid, we could have been .... The BMX Bandits!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
42 weeks ago


"I had a yellow bmx with red spokes. Loved it. Used to make ramps and do jumps. Thought I was IT!

Did you and your friends lay after the ramp and hope the rider cleared the last person? I used to. Remember hearing the bike approaching and thinking.... Don't mess it up and land on me!

I never did that, but other pals did it on their bmx’s I just did high ramps "

Perhaps change your fab name to: Scandalously High

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By *olfandtazCouple
42 weeks ago

Bristol

I had a yellow chopper loved that bike

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By *ominanTeeMan
42 weeks ago

Sligo


"My first bicycle was my first new one until I bought my first BMX out of my communion money, but it was borrowed without consent, along with my first double kicktail batman skateboard from outside our front door in Middlesex, I was 4/5, that taught me a valuable lesson about why theft is bad. After that my grandad sent me an old bicycle from Ireland, complete with one homemade wooden pedal... my bicycles until my BMX never had brakes, my runners used to have arches worn into them from using my foot as a brake I was a danger on bikes, my mother used to have people calling to complain that i'd cycled straight out in front of them going through a crossroads, and my mum is a legend, so they were told where to go lollololol gimme a bike and something to launch it off and I was airborne

Wish I'd known you as a kid, we could have been .... The BMX Bandits! "

That brings me back!!!!

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By *agneto.Man
42 weeks ago

Bham

Bought myself a 26" BMX last year. A kink one actually, seems appropriate for here!

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