View Poll Results: Grifter or Chopper?
Grifter - a 'mountain bike' that weighed half a tonne
17
34.00%
Chopper - don't slide off that seat and twang your knackers on that 'gear stick'
33
66.00%
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Grifter or Chopper
Mar 21st 2008, 3:40 am
#61
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Re: Grifter or Chopper
yeah , they made a mk3 , made in china & as you may guess they are crap , all crappy alloy & such .
Yes , the tassle yellow one is a 69 model . the purple is a 70 USA girls model .
have sold it , the green & the black one . bloody boxes full of parts .... must get them on to ebay !
must be worth shipping , i would guess £100 a bike to ship ? have to get quotes .
Yes , the tassle yellow one is a 69 model . the purple is a 70 USA girls model .
have sold it , the green & the black one . bloody boxes full of parts .... must get them on to ebay !
must be worth shipping , i would guess £100 a bike to ship ? have to get quotes .
Scott I think you should 'Give' Paul one of your special bikes as he sounds like he wants one...badly!!!
Mar 21st 2008, 3:47 am
#63
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Re: Grifter or Chopper
yeah , they made a mk3 , made in china & as you may guess they are crap , all crappy alloy & such .
Yes , the tassle yellow one is a 69 model . the purple is a 70 USA girls model .
have sold it , the green & the black one . bloody boxes full of parts .... must get them on to ebay !
must be worth shipping , i would guess £100 a bike to ship ? have to get quotes .
Yes , the tassle yellow one is a 69 model . the purple is a 70 USA girls model .
have sold it , the green & the black one . bloody boxes full of parts .... must get them on to ebay !
must be worth shipping , i would guess £100 a bike to ship ? have to get quotes .
If you're shipping a container then the bikes won't cost too much I wouldn't of thought.
Anyway, I'm outta here, laterz
Mar 21st 2008, 3:48 am
#64
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Re: Grifter or Chopper
hmmmm girls toys , bout time we had a "rabbit thread" again
Mar 21st 2008, 4:03 am
#65
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Mar 21st 2008, 4:09 am
#66
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Re: Grifter or Chopper
I fractured my left arm on a Tomahawk (baby Chopper) ahh those were the days
Mar 21st 2008, 5:01 am
#67
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Re: Grifter or Chopper
Mar 21st 2008, 5:04 am
#68
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Re: Grifter or Chopper
Mar 21st 2008, 9:07 pm
#72
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Re: Grifter or Chopper
Yes, it went (in order of size) Boxer, Striker and Grifter.
Mine was silver. I always wanted a Grifter and they came is Blue, Silver and Red. The Grifters also had 3 gears. I was sooo envious. But then all of a sudden nobody wanted the Grifter anymore, they were too heavy and too big, not very trendy and lots were just thrown away and left to rot as the new kid on the block took to the streets....the BMX!!! ooooooooooo.....those were indeed the days!!
Mar 21st 2008, 9:25 pm
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Posts: 629
Re: Grifter or Chopper
The true Raleigh predecessor to the mountain bike was the Bomber. It weighed as much as a bomber too.
