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Fordoholic Nick wrote:[
On another note, do you also remember The Tomahawk Bicycle too...a scaled down "copy" of The Chopper without the famous shift gear lever. Many a kid was disappointed Christmas day to "end up" with one of these rather than the bigger more "powerful" Chopper :crying: :crying: :crying:

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That's the one I had! I wasn't tall enough for the Chopper :crying: :crying: :crying:
They also did the Chipper which was smaller again.

I didn't realise they were still making these in 1980? I thought we'd moved onto BMX by then. It would have been early 70's when I got my Tomahawk, about the same time ABBA won the Eurovision. Mind you I was more of a Slade fan back then :guitar:

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Hi Neil,
Size isn't everything :lol:
The last frames were made October 1980 but Hubs carried on into 1982.

Black was the colour they brought in around 1979 to help revive the range.
Mine also has a Gold Transfer around the Gear Selector, as it was around the time of JPS wiping the board Formula 1.....
Although Gold Colour Decals were also planned it never happened so only a certain number of bikes had this colour surround :D

Abba were ok but Slade, Mud, Quo the Sweet.....I haven't progressed much :lol:

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Hi,
I'm too young to remember, I'm just a boy........ :D

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andyd wrote:
Abba were ok but Slade, Mud, Quo the Sweet.....I haven't progressed much :lol:

Andy
They were good times Andy! I'm not sure my kids will look back in there Fifty's and have such fond memories of their childhood.

It's great that we can re-live it all with our Capri's and Choopers :D

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Hi Neil,
I thought the 70s were great everything seemed easier, but we all know now it was pretty bad if you were an Adult.....

Will our Kids look back and say remember Rhianna, One Direction :doh:

People seem to want a piece of the 70s again so feelings must be the same....

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pbar wrote:We have one of these, you need one now too Andy -

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Andrew 2.8i wrote:Hi,
I'm too young to remember, I'm just a boy........ :D

Andrew.
Shame..... Look what you missed :lol:
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andyd wrote:Ordered Today :D
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andyd wrote:
People seem to want a piece of the 70s again so feelings must be the same.
Exactly Andy. It's a highly revered decade. And for good reason.
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Just made me want to buy a set of spokey dokeys for my (otherwise sensible) road bike!

Edit: better yet, spokey dokeys for wire wheels on a car! How has no-one thought of that before!!?!?!
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Did anyone else on here peg a piece of card to the back of the frame, that poked through the spokes. As you rode along it made a great sound :)
Or was it just me :oops:
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sheff wrote:Did anyone else on here peg a piece of card to the back of the frame, that poked through the spokes. As you rode along it made a great sound :)
Or was it just me :oops:
That was great :D I also had the Gallon Container and Hoover Pipes tied on with String :xd: I was Barry Sheene :lol:

Those were the days :cool: Before Playstation, Xbox......
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sheff wrote:Did anyone else on here peg a piece of card to the back of the frame, that poked through the spokes. As you rode along it made a great sound :)
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andyd wrote:I was Barry Sheene :lol:
You and me both :) Ever had a little noise/siren box thingy that attached to the handle bars? Made a few different sounds. Brilliant.
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pbar wrote:
andyd wrote: Ever had a little noise/siren box thingy that attached to the handle bars? Made a few different sounds. Brilliant.
No Mate but I had the Speedo...Think it went up to 40mph :D A bit optimistic :lol:
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I had a friend with one of those. He must have been zooming all over the place while I was making noises :D
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andyd wrote:
Those were the days :cool: Before Playstation, Xbox......
Those were the days where you you played outside and needed a pair of Clarke's Commando's with a compass in the heel to find your way home and a Snorkel Parka in the winter to keep you warm :D
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sheff wrote:
andyd wrote:
Those were the days :cool: Before Playstation, Xbox......
Those were the days where you you played outside and needed a pair of Clarke's Commando's with a compass in the heel to find your way home and a Snorkel Parka in the winter to keep you warm :D
Then when you got home you probably had a Power Cut :lol: :lol: :lol:
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You guys are killing me :D
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andyd wrote:I thought the 70s were great everything seemed easier, but we all know now it was pretty bad if you were an Adult.....
I was an adult in the late `70s and it wasn`t bad at all; if you had a reasonably secure job it was a good time to live. You could get most of the things you needed, I bet the suicide/alcoholism rates were lower then for sure. And, as said, you had decent music!
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