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1969 Raleigh Chopper
The Raleigh Chopper is a bicycle (referred to as a wheelie bike) for children / young adults, manufactured and marketed by the Raleigh Bicycle Company of Nottingham, England. The unique design became a cultural icon and is fondly remembered by many[quantify] who grew up in that period.[citation needed] The design was influenced by dragsters, "chopped" motorcycles, beach buggies, and even chariots, as can be seen on the centre page of the 1969 Raleigh US catalogue. The bicycle has featured in many movies and TV series. MK1 models were produced from 1968 to 1972 , MK2 models were produced from 1972 to 1983 and MK3 models were produced from 2004 to 2012 and sold through to 2018.
MK1 - available only as a 3 speed model, Brilliant Orange, Golden Yellow, Flamboyant Green, Targa Mustard (HBR model), and Horizon Blue.
Sprint GT - available in either Bronze or Flamboyant Green.
MK2 - standard 3 speed models available in Infra Red, Ultra Violet, Fizzy Lemon, Quick Silver, Space Blue, and Jet Black (Prismatic decal model).
MK2 - Pink 5 Speed (Derailleur)
MK2 - SE with cast alloy mag wheels to commemorate 750,000 choppers
MK3 - Standard available in Black, Purple, Red, Silver, Pink, Yellow
MK-IV - Ultra-Violet and Infra Red only at initital release.
The RaleighChopper is a bicycle (referred to as a wheelie bike) for children / young adults, manufactured and marketed by the Raleigh Bicycle Company...
bicycle is now a division of the Dutch corporation Accell. In 2006, the RaleighChopper was named in the list of British design icons in the Great British...
Notable examples include the Schwinn Sting-Ray and Krate lines and the RaleighChopper line. Other notable manufacturers and retailers that offered models...
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and bridged a gap between the RaleighChopper and the Raleigh Burner models. Its frame was very similar to the Raleigh Twenty Shopper bicycle, but with...
types Outline of cycling RaleighChopper Wheelie bike Corporate example: [1], PhatCycles, June 9, 2010 Gould, Nemo. "Chopper bicycle made from found materials"...
such devices as a Furby organ, a synthesizer fused with a classic RaleighChopper bicycle, and a Gameboy Triple Oscillator synthesizer. Battle directs...
1960s- and 70s-era wheelie bikes, such as the Schwinn Sting-Ray and the RaleighChopper. This extended backrest, which attached to the rear of the bike's banana...
until 1999. Karen oversaw design of the Bush Radio TR130 radio, the RaleighChopper although Ian Oakley's famous envelope sketch which came to light in...
motorcycles, including a Bimota. In bicycles, he has owned a RaleighChopper, then a Raleigh Mustang, Falcon Fattrack, but describes his first proper bike...
shorter adults. This was a Raleigh Eighteen with a chopper-style seat. It was aimed at the youth market. This was essentially a Raleigh Twenty increased in size...
Party politicians Tony Blair, John Prescott and Margaret Beckett on RaleighChopper bikes with Prescot singing "shut my mouth...zip it tight...while e...
1970). Alan Oakley (1927–2012), designer of the culturally iconic RaleighChopper bicycle, is also a former pupil. Having both operated as elementary...
December 2022. Clinton, Jane (3 January 2023). "Tom Karen, designer of RaleighChopper and Marble Run, dies aged 96". The Guardian. "Barry Lane obituary"...
founded the Raleigh Bicycle Company, and by 1913, Raleigh was the biggest bicycle manufacturing company in the world. The RaleighChopper was named in...
1967) 2012 – Alan Oakley, English bicycle designer, designed the RaleighChopper (b. 1927) 2013 – Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter...
Schwinn Sting-Ray, RaleighChopper, and other highly stylized youth bicycles that imitated the appearance of drag-racing or chopper motorcycles of the...
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