Raleigh Super Bomber

[legrandefromage]

It would have been wasted on me, I'd have just bent it.

 

[Domcat43]

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I'd leave it as it is, apart from a tidy up and the usual service stuff. Nice to see the original 'Snake Belly' tyres on it!

 

[Spibblo]

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I'd leave it as it is, apart from a tidy up and the usual service stuff. Nice to see the original 'Snake Belly' tyres on it!

Yes this is what I've decided to do, a good clean up and service, leaving it as original as possible.
Thanks to all who have posted.
I will put some pics up as it progresses
It'll have to wait though till my tandem is finished.

 

[Crantinope]

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I am sure some of you have already seen this story/video, but if not,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHdlDccgVcg

Used to go to school with David in the 80's.

Cheers.......Nick

 

[66 triumph daytona]

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I am sure some of you have already seen this story/video, but if not,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHdlDccgVcg

Used to go to school with David in the 80's.

Cheers.......Nick

That clip is off the scale cool.

 

[velomaniac]

WOW

 

[Jussa]

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OMG, thats awesome, dont care what anyone says it was something as a kid you looked at and said 'I Want One Of Those Bad Boys' Heavy and poorly built, really a street cruiser than a tackle all terrain kinda bike. Although Fat Tyres and Curved Frame it echoed Klunkers and Schwinn's from the US. I used to live near a US Airbase back in my youth and remember the kids on Schwinn's and Huffy's which looked similar.

Looking forward to seeing more from the Mighty Super Bomber

Jussa

 

[greencat]

Bombers are great, rose tinted specs have nothing to do with it. As a kid you didn't care, you just wanted one. I really wanted one as I had a Dawes Kingpin Princess, I'm male......damn you cheapskate dad !

I feel your pain. Wanted a bomber or a grifter - and ended up with my mum's old raleigh shopper (not chopper) bike. Even with the handlebars and seat post right down - I could barely sit on it to start with - although it did have the (dis)advantage of growing with me so I was stuck with it for years.

 

[Spibblo]

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I never had to suffer my mums hand me down bike, though I'm sure that would have been character building...
Aged 13 I wanted the Bomber in the Kays cataloge for Christmas but that was too expensive. I had really outgrown my purple Tomahawk and the Bomber was the natural progression- I ended up with a BMX from Carrefour Supermarket- it was utter shite. The 'Monza Sport' was completely red, everyone called it the fire engine- it had plastic drum brakes! The front forks bent on that one and the stem snapped on the following yellow and black one (nicknamed the wasp :roll: )I got through three of them within 6 months before the Manager at Carrefours finally gave in and refunded me. I spent the money on a guitar. That experience put me off bicycles for a long time, I didn't get another one till I was 27!