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(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:41, archived)
# Nicely.
*clicks*
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:42, archived)
# well if you like that
youl love this b3ta.com/board/7569818
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:47, archived)
# Cor, that's fab!
Does it throw you off the back if you hit a bump?
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:48, archived)
# surprisingly no
i might angle the forks forward a bit to improve the handling but its quite comfy
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:51, archived)
# Good stuff!
How are you anyway? I didn't really get a chance to talk to you at Dr When's bash, back in the mists of time...
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:56, archived)
# not bad mate
shame you missed the last b bash, tremendous fun
(I helped save b3ta! amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)
# Sturmey-Archer-tastic.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:42, archived)
# What a lovely chopper!
:D
(I helped save b3ta! Debbilgrrrrl is kinda back, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:42, archived)
# aahhhh
from the days when testicle protection was for girls
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:43, archived)
# !!
(I helped save b3ta! RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:47, archived)
# from our very own b3ta via google
www.b3ta.com/questions/ihurtmyrudebits/post58561/
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:49, archived)
# the 'new' Choppers Raleigh are knocking out
don't have the T-shifter for precisely that reason.

I was just wondering how 'testicle protection for girls' would work...
*examines Mrs Raff*
(I helped save b3ta! RiffRaff lurking like a lurky thing, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:52, archived)
# ahhh that takes me back!*
*doesn't
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:43, archived)
# pah!
your dad might have ridden a chopper.

*realises the toxic-levels of innuendo in this statement*
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:44, archived)
# i sure he's 'ridden' one or two!
*calls psychiatrist*
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:45, archived)
# tell me about your muzzer
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:46, archived)
# motherrrrrrrrrrrrrr oooo ah ooooooooooo
i didn't mean to make you cry!
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:47, archived)
# *perms*
*air guitars*
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:48, archived)
# *raises eyebrows in Roger Moore stylee*
Yo G-Sav.

I may have ridden a chopper or two, yes. Sadly, although I always wanted one of my own I had to make do with borrowing them off friends.

I had a Grifter.
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:50, archived)
# NIFTY GRIFTY FTW
same for me.

Did you turn the mudguards inside out to make a motorbike noise? didja? didja?

did you look down on Striker riders?

Have we had this conversation before?
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:51, archived)
# Haha, we haven't had the conversation before.
Actually, I had a Grifter XL... it was black, and red, and sexy, or so I thought in the shop.

Alas, as per all the other posts in this thread, yes it did have three gears, red green and yellow, and it had an irritating habit of slipping out of red and freewheeling, which nearly saw me under a passing car on more than one occasion.

And yes, I do believe the frame was constructed of solid cast iron, so heavy was it.

I still managed to crack the forks though; it didn't like wheelies and jumps, oh no. It was certainly not a BMX =)



Now I've seen it again, I've just realised what a fucking gay bike I had... =/
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 11:03, archived)
# pffft
stick a wicker basket on the front and it would be complete
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 11:06, archived)
# I had one of these...
...but mine had a 3-speed gear-stick on the bar between my legs! Added pain when hitting walls!
(r2b2 has ear cataracts?!?, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 12:30, archived)
# I had a grifter too
wedge a can in the back wheel and it was like a motorbike

:P
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:51, archived)
# did you cut all the foam rubber off the handlebars
to make sure you smashed your teeth up if you crashed?
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:53, archived)
# does your chewing gum lose its flavour on the bedpost overnight?
(I helped save b3ta! Debbilgrrrrl is kinda back, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:56, archived)
# it develops a new flavour every night
depending on what I had for supper
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)
# Nah
hence why I still have them
:)
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)
# and here he is!
all the way from your sordid childhood!
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:53, archived)
# mine was blue
they weighed a fucking ton and the gears always jammed
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:54, archived)
# i had a bmx, because my cousins were champion bmxers...
then i had mountain bikes..
(I helped save b3ta! ivesb Highly specialised Clinical Physiologist crapbag, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:54, archived)
# ^ this
they were very cool though
(I helped save b3ta! ^, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:55, archived)
# Mine was never cool...
Although that may have been down to the fat freckled geek I was at school =/
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 11:22, archived)
# Mine was black
Equally as heavy but I ripped off the mud guards immediatly!
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)
# I had a BMX after watching ET - my mate had a grifter
Didn't they have 3 gears - red, blue and green?

Didn't they also weigh as much as a london bus?
(I helped save b3ta! Weetobix, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:54, archived)
# complete with passengers

they were a MANs bike
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:55, archived)
# That's because women and boys couldn't lift them
or push them up a gentle incline for that matter
(I helped save b3ta! Weetobix, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:57, archived)
# mrs thors brother still has his
it's in perfect condition apart from a broken gear shift.

it fun to ride it up and down the lane near her parents house.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 11:00, archived)
# i had a raleigh budgie
chopper jnr.
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:58, archived)
# *points*
*laughs*
*wedgies*
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)
# :(
it was shit though. the wheels were about 6 inch in diameter. had to pedal like a bastard to maintain walking speed.
(I helped save b3ta! monstrinho do biscoito teeeshurts = www.nogunarmy.com, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)
# first bike i ever had was a green budgie
excellent for wheelies.

and a retro bargian as well.
www.re-buy-cycle.co.uk/details.php?id=28
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 11:02, archived)
# Blimey!
My first bike was a purple Budgie. First time I went out without stabilisers and fell off and planted my face into the pavement. If only Youtube was about back then.

My neighbour recently gave us a Boxer and a Commando that need a bit of TLC but certainly brought back memories.
(Blartman, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 13:34, archived)
# My friend had one of those
wicked-sound-effect-box-on-the-handlebar deals.

I always wanted one, but had to make do with an average red bike handed down from my brother.

(I helped save b3ta! NinjaBadger hides in the bushes and gives you TB., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:59, archived)
# Me too
Woo

Mine split in two after going up a massive kerb!

(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:50, archived)
# would a massive kerb be a wall?
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:52, archived)
# It was close
was a about 15" high!!

Nearly split my other chopper when I hit the ground.

I did cry, then had to carry bike home.
(I helped save b3ta! XLVII .uk, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 11:01, archived)
# aaaaw reminds me of my old chopper :)

such a class bike
(I helped save b3ta! prodigy69 broke b3ta and made everyone leave, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:49, archived)
# BIKE! BIKE! BIKE! BIKE! BIKE! BIKE! BIKE! BIKE! BIKE! BIKE!
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:54, archived)
# nice
but need more Mag wheels.

WOO!
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 3 Sep 2007, 10:56, archived)