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speedingfine wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 9:14 am Did the Chopper come with the Beetle? Seems to be some overlap at car shows I've been to

Quite possibly

I think I had a Budgie, Chopper (in the period when it was terminally uncool) and Mirage.

I had a Commando that my dad built from a scrap frame, sent off to Raleigh for all the decals etc that was passed round kids on the estate for a good few years then I had a Super Burner

A couple of people I knew had burners as kids, and Mustang mtbs seemed very popular in the early to mid 90s when people had grown out of bmxs. Since then haven’t heard or seen much of them.

I had hand-me-downs. A Boxer and a Strika. By the time I was big enough the Grifter wasn’t a thing anymore.

I remember being allowed a brand new Raleigh Burner for Christmas but couldn’t find the one I wanted (gold with black mags and pads etc) so ended up with green one.

I also vaguely remember having a Raleigh Vektar but it was sent back to the shop and swapped for something that wasn’t complete shit

While I’m on memory lane (early 90s now), Emmelle! 21 gears with under bar shifters

I had a Corniche for two weeks before it was nicked out of the bike sheds at school and replaced with a Cortina. It was white with a smoky type paint job towards the bars and front forks. I thought I was IT.

Fuck me there's some family money on here

My parents were dire buying Xmas gifts I typically ended up with whatever the older kids had a couple of years ago in our street.

Mid 80s I asked for a BMX and the kids in the street and my school mates had various Raleigh Burners.

I had a "Chopper" as my Dad called it. A Woolworths Temu Chopper

The frame snapped at the headstock about 3 months later doing jumps with the BMX kids. I still have a detached tendon in one of my fingers!