Every young boys dream, the Raleigh Chopper was the coolest bike to be seen on�even if it was impossible to ride without falling off and grazing your knees. Styled on the dragster, with a long seat and larger back wheels, it was the first designer bike for kids, and possibly the ugliest and most unstable push-bike of all time.
A triumph of style over ability, it was released in 1970 - covered in knobs and whistles that didn�t really do anything, except the gear lever that made you fall off when changing gear! Despite its impracticality, by 1973 it had become the country�s best selling bike and is now an icon of the Seventies.
As motorcycle stuntman Evel Kneivel�s popularity reached its height, Chopper even released a Kneivel bike - complete with fake exhaust pipe.
Chopper designer speaks
