RIP 2023
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Tom Karen, designer of Raleigh Chopper and Marble Run, dies aged 96
Family and friends pay tribute to Karen, who also oversaw design of Reliant Scimitar GTE car
Choppers were the shit. Couple of my mates had Choppers. Luck bastards.
And the big brother Dragsters. I wonder if he designed those too.
Edit: did a quick search which reminded me that Dragsters were Healing’s answer to Raleigh’s Chopper
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Tom Karen, designer of Raleigh Chopper and Marble Run, dies aged 96
Family and friends pay tribute to Karen, who also oversaw design of Reliant Scimitar GTE car
Choppers were the shit. Couple of my mates had Choppers. Luck bastards.
Choppers sucked.
They were the Peacock of bikes.
Look at me, look at me!!!
Yeah, cool, does that thing do anything?
Well, no
Mongoose Bmx’s were the shiz
Haven’t you even seen BMX Bandits bro?
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Tom Karen, designer of Raleigh Chopper and Marble Run, dies aged 96
Family and friends pay tribute to Karen, who also oversaw design of Reliant Scimitar GTE car
My Uncle Rob had a Scimitar
Cool as fuck
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Tom Karen, designer of Raleigh Chopper and Marble Run, dies aged 96
Family and friends pay tribute to Karen, who also oversaw design of Reliant Scimitar GTE car
Choppers were the shit. Couple of my mates had Choppers. Luck bastards.
Choppers sucked.
They were the Peacock of bikes.
Look at me, look at me!!!
Yeah, cool, does that thing do anything?
Well, no
Mongoose Bmx’s were the shiz
Haven’t you even seen BMX Bandits bro?
Choppers well predated BMX bikes.
I was unfortunate enough to get a Raleigh20 as a bike but once I removed the mudguards and carrier it took me all sorts of places. Mates and I used to make and ride tracks in the bush way before any of us had heard of such a thing as a mountain bike or BMX -
Tom Karen, designer of Raleigh Chopper and Marble Run, dies aged 96
Family and friends pay tribute to Karen, who also oversaw design of Reliant Scimitar GTE car
Choppers were the shit. Couple of my mates had Choppers. Luck bastards.
Choppers sucked.
They were the Peacock of bikes.
Look at me, look at me!!!
Yeah, cool, does that thing do anything?
Well, no
Mongoose Bmx’s were the shiz
Haven’t you even seen BMX Bandits bro?
Choppers well predated BMX bikes.
I was unfortunate enough to get a Raleigh20 as a bike but once I removed the mudguards and carrier it took me all sorts of places. Mates and I used to make and ride tracks in the bush way before any of us had heard of such a thing as a mountain bike or BMXBanned
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Tom Karen, designer of Raleigh Chopper and Marble Run, dies aged 96
Family and friends pay tribute to Karen, who also oversaw design of Reliant Scimitar GTE car
Choppers were the shit. Couple of my mates had Choppers. Luck bastards.
Choppers sucked.
They were the Peacock of bikes.
Look at me, look at me!!!
Yeah, cool, does that thing do anything?
Well, no
Mongoose Bmx’s were the shiz
Haven’t you even seen BMX Bandits bro?
Choppers well predated BMX bikes.
I was unfortunate enough to get a Raleigh20 as a bike but once I removed the mudguards and carrier it took me all sorts of places. Mates and I used to make and ride tracks in the bush way before any of us had heard of such a thing as a mountain bike or BMXBanned
For having a Raleigh20? Fair enough.
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Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire has died while practising tow-in surfing on giant waves in Nazare on the central coast of Portugal.
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Italian footballer Gianluca Vialli at 58 from cancer.
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Sir Patrick Hogan dies aged 83: Legend of NZ racing remembered
The trainer and breeder shaped the thoroughbred racing industry in New Zealand.
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Sir Patrick Hogan dies aged 83: Legend of NZ racing remembered
The trainer and breeder shaped the thoroughbred racing industry in New Zealand.
from the interactions I had with him he was nice bloke, thoughts to his family
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Dr Silberman has been terminated
Monkey Island, Terminator actor Earl Boen has died
Boen appeared in dozens of games, but is likely best known as Dr Silberman from the Terminator films.
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England and British and Irish Lions legend, David Duckham.
Nooooo!
But then again meh.
What a player in his prime but the became a vapid after dinner speaker cashing in on the once lucrative corporate lunch scene in the 90s, which was an abortion of idea.
Still. On reflection, sad news.
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