Get to da Choppah!
02-04-13, 03:58 PM
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Get to da Choppah!
Raleigh Chopper that is! Just got it, pics are in "as found" condition, I've done nothing to it.......yet! 
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
02-04-13, 04:29 PM
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Very nice score, exactly what I pictured when I read the title too! I didn't realize how many old fashioned Raleigh features those bikes had though. So now what are you going to do with it?
02-04-13, 04:35 PM
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Big Alan Silvestri fan, huh?
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02-04-13, 05:29 PM
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
02-04-13, 05:46 PM
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I remember that bike when it was in production. I lusted after it when I was about 9 years old.
I'm sure the brakes are horrific. But the AW hub is a champ.
I had a high riser bike, also with an AW hub and a stickshift. Both wheels were 20".
I'm sure the brakes are horrific. But the AW hub is a champ.
I had a high riser bike, also with an AW hub and a stickshift. Both wheels were 20".
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02-04-13, 05:53 PM
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When your riding her around Philly, make sure you put baseball cards in the spokes!
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02-04-13, 07:03 PM
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I'd recommend not disassembling the AW hub unless necessary. Drop some oil in.
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02-04-13, 07:17 PM
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I spent a lot of saddle time on a similar Glider rebrand, the Fastback 100! Hard not to wheelie on those puppies...grade 6, good times.
02-04-13, 07:23 PM
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Need me some bubble gum and Sgt. Rock comic books .
You can hang a baseball mitt on that sissy bar, BTW.
You can hang a baseball mitt on that sissy bar, BTW.
02-04-13, 09:45 PM
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Fastback 500, that's what a lucky friend got for his birthday. Another friend and I pulled frames, wheels & other parts out of the trash, and built our own chopper style bikes on shoestring budget. The whole point of course was doing block long wheelies (or "catwalks", which is what we called any extended wheelie). I even did a Don Garlits-style burnout one night, using lighter fluid for "special effects".
When the creek was frozen over in the winter, providing an uninterrupted flat roadway, we tried, and sometimes succeeded, in doing non-stop catwalks on it for 1/4 mile or more. Good times.
When the creek was frozen over in the winter, providing an uninterrupted flat roadway, we tried, and sometimes succeeded, in doing non-stop catwalks on it for 1/4 mile or more. Good times.
02-04-13, 10:11 PM
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Very curious to see bits and pieces of other Raleigh bikes. The downtube bottom bracket seattube is Raleigh 20, the top tubes are Raleigh Sports seatstays, the seatstays and fork look like they came from a DL-1 fork that has been chopped down and rebrazed in pieces.
The most curious and most practical parts are the brake shoe holders, they have had small bits of wire and sheet metal brazed on so that the braking forces don't immediately bend the very long brake arms out of shape.
The most curious and most practical parts are the brake shoe holders, they have had small bits of wire and sheet metal brazed on so that the braking forces don't immediately bend the very long brake arms out of shape.
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02-04-13, 10:20 PM
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Wheelies....
Very cool, brings back locks of good memories!
Very cool, brings back locks of good memories!
02-04-13, 11:07 PM
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I can remember around 1971 or '72 (I was like 9 or 10), my neighbor had a purple Stingray with the 5-speed stickshift. I was SO jealous, but we were good friends, & he let me ride it a few times. One day, my uncle came along with a pickup truck full of old bikes, and gave them to my older brother & me. He was a gabage man, which isn't exactly glamorous, but it had it's perks, including more bikes than him and his 6 kids needed. One of the last bikes we pulled out was a green Stingray, but single speed. I was plenty happy with it though. That must have been about a year before my brother left home for the Nam, & I didn't realize till MUCH later, how great those days were. 
That must have been about a year before my brother left home for the Nam, & I didn't realize till MUCH later, how great those days were.
02-05-13, 08:40 AM
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
02-05-13, 08:41 AM
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Yes sir, I'm not big on tearing down hubs anyways. What type oil do you recommend my good sir?
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You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
You see, their morals, their code...it's a bad joke, dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these...These "civilized" people...they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve
02-05-13, 12:10 PM
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02-05-13, 12:12 PM
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Jee, bikes are my way to escape the inescapable cynical reality. With a ticking AW and the wind in your back there's not a care in the world. So don't remind me what's out there everytime I click your post
