Bicycles from your childhood

[5 Hit Gibbon]

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I had one of these bad boys

This one is currently £1100 on ebay!

I had that exact bike. I got it for my birthday when I was 8, and I think it was the best present I ever got.

 

[remember arthur mann]

 

[jimharri]

I always wanted one of these, alas it wasn’t to be, didn’t get a Chopper either….

I spy someone across the road playing pocket billiards.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Raleigh Commando, a poor kids Grifter.

Loving that chain guard, reminds me of an old ‘Sterling machine gun’.

 

[doots]

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Yellow Mk2 Chopper for me. Then progressed to a ten speed Peugeot racer in Celeste blue which I used to lovingly polish with Duraglit on a far too often basis. Loved that bike.

Not my first bike but I also had a Peugeot racer in my very late teens, beautiful bike.

 

[Dirty Harry]

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Weren’t they called ‘Rat trap pedals’ ?

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Not my first bike but I also had a Peugeot racer in my very late teens, beautiful bike.

This is a beautiful machine. If I owned this I’d mount it on the wall and stroke it everyday. :-)

Peugeot Competition Classic French Road Bike 1980s

Peugeot Competition Classic French Road Bike 1980s

steel-vintage.com

 

[doots]

Weren’t they called ‘Rat trap pedals’ ?

Bear trap bastard pedals mate

 

[MikeF]

Raleigh Olympus. The only bike I ever had. Then BMX came along as we couldn’t afford one of those, doing bunny hops on a racing bike was hard work. Friends had Mongoose, PK Rippers and god knows what.

Prior to that it was Boxers, Grifters and Choppers! I nearly killed myself on my mates Boxer ha