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1976 Raleigh Grifter
£760
Nottingham · Ridden & sorted · small-wheel
The yellow one, both wheels the same size, built for a wheelie and not a club run.
1976, the year the Grifter arrived. Equal 20-inch wheels, a long saddle, and bars high enough to pull the front up. It is not a Chopper with the drama filed off. It is the bicycle that came after, when the street wanted to hop the kerb.
Ned Blake rode it until the three-speed started to complain, then had the hub sorted rather than replaced with something modern. The yellow is the enamel it left the works in.
- Frame
- Hi-tensile steel, Grifter
- Wheels
- 20 in front and rear
- Gears
- Sturmey-Archer three-speed
- Bars
- High-rise, black
- Saddle
- Long, padded
- Brakes
- Steel side-pulls
- Chain
- Guard still fitted
Private
Ned Blake
Offered from Nottingham