Only 92p a week

[GuyBoden]

No fancy Chopper, but had Cow horns and knobbly tyres.

Build yourself bikes from second hand parts.

 

[Dogtrousers]

A chap rode one up Mt Ventoux a few years ago
https://road.cc/content/news/118521-raleigh-chopper-rider-reaches-summit-mount-ventoux-charity

 

[Sittingduck]

Choppers are for choppers. Luckily I was a cpl of years too young for one and had a Yellow Boxer as my first bike.

 

[Brandane]

I was about 12 when the Chopper was in fashion, but despite my pleas, I never got one. I think they were relatively expensive at the time, about £45 IIRC?
If I HAD managed to convince my parents that my life depended on owning a Chopper, the purple one in the OP would have been my choice.

Edit.... Doh; yes £45 would fit in with the 92p per week for 50 weeks thing.
According to online inflation calculator, £45 in 1974 is the equivalent of £442 now. So no wonder my pleas fell on deaf ears, with another 3 sons for my parents to buy Christmas and birthday presents for!

 

[T4tomo]

A chap rode one up Mt Ventoux a few years ago
https://road.cc/content/news/118521-raleigh-chopper-rider-reaches-summit-mount-ventoux-charity

I'm glad he didn't ride down, that would have been scary

 

[cyberknight]

I had a grifter for my sins...

To late for a chopper and too early for BMX.

No wonder in scared for life!!

Its when people think retro is bmx, thats a new kid on the block to me

 

[DRM]

Had a blue one with white graphics, it was value for money though as it lasted from Xmas ‘71 and was still being used by my brother in the eighties iirc the tyres were balder than Kojacks head by then!

 

[Jameshow]

A chap rode one up Mt Ventoux a few years ago
https://road.cc/content/news/118521-raleigh-chopper-rider-reaches-summit-mount-ventoux-charity

Mick F from CTC forum rode lejog on one I believe..!

 

[mistyoptic]

Wow. A bike that's both a Chopper and a Racer. I don't remember those. You must have been cooler than the Cresta bear,

But not as frothy, man! 😎

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I was too old for one, already grown up when they came out.

 

[Mrs M]

I hoped for the ultra violet Chopper (purple) but never got one.
Made do with some begged rides on a friends orange bike.
Went to make amends when they brought out the latest version a few years ago.
Visited the Raleigh shop with a view to buy but got a shock as to how small they were.
Never to be 😟

 

[LarryDuff]

Ours was bright orange. My brother got hit by a car and broke his leg while riding it.

 

[cookiemonster]

I had a proper bike, not a poncy Chopper.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Too hilly round here for Chopper bikes. Also, my dad said they were badly made, so we (me and brother) got second hand, but 'well made' bikes sold in the local newspaper or by his workmates.

 

[ianrauk]

I had a proper bike, not a poncy Chopper.

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Heavy as a tank, crap mudguards, but where fun.