When was the chopper bike invented

Certainly not. Be worth getting a pair of these though to finish it off! My mum bought me one exactly like it. Little did we all know and I wish I had kept mine. Aaah yeah! Mine was purple! Way, way back when… ; -. Leave this field empty. Sign in. Log into your account. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC or the British Museum. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced.

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Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets CSS if you are able to do so. At the time the Design Council called him "a pioneer in product design. His Raleigh Chopper bike is a design classic. Enthusiast website raleighchopper. The seat was long and thin, and needed supporting at the rear by a tube hoop attached to the rear wheel nuts. He created the Stingray, released in June Unlike the Stingray, the Rodeo had a Sturmey Archer 3-speed rear hub changed by a gearshift stick on the cantilever frame and used the seat that would later be used on the Chopper, rather than the Persons Majestic polo seat.

The Rodeo was available in the US only. Also in , Schwinn fitted a inch front wheel to its Stingray, keeping the 20inch rar wheel. Alan Oakley, who drew the initial design for the Chopper on the back of an envelope while flying back from the United States in , died in Nottingham on Friday.

His wife Karen confirmed that her husband had died at their home in the Wollaton area of the city, nine months after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. Oakley created the Chopper, which is famed for its unusual appearance and car-like gear shifter, after a trip to America to get to grips with the nation's youth culture.