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Penny Farthings, Legality and responsibility.

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    #572
    07Lapierre
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    As a teenager, I worked in “Charlie’s” bike shop in Ballybough. I remember the Raleigh rep telling us that a new bike was being launched....Anyone remember the Raleigh Vektar?


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    #573
    magicbastarder
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    vektar?


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    #574
    Eamonnator
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    07Lapierre wrote: »
    As a teenager, I worked in “Charlie’s” bike shop in Ballybough. I remember the Raleigh rep telling us that a new bike was being launched....Anyone remember the Raleigh Vektar?

    I do.
    I remember bringing my son for a haircut and seeing one of them on the street where the Barber's was. He was 6 or 7 at the time. He wanted one, so badly. I knew eff all about bikes at the time, but I thought they looked far too complicated and easily broken for my liking.
    Thankfully, I was able to change the subject.


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    magicbastarder
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    our local raleigh shop was the one at the back of roselawn shopping centre in blanchardstown. right at the height of BMX mania, they got some chap over from the UK who was a BMX champion of some description for a demonstration. at one point (i think the finale) they asked for volunteers for him to bunny hop over, and managed to get - IIRC - 30 people lying side by side; me and my brother wanted to volunteer, but my dad was having none of it.
    he had a good run up anyway, but nearly piled himself into the railings between the car park and the EHB place next door after landing. i'd say he missed the last guy by a couple of inches. in hindsight, i'm even surprised my dad allowed us watch; if yer man had fluffed it, james connolly would have been like a war zone.


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    #576
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    Might have been Andy Ruffel, he was a big deal around that time for BMX hijinks.


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    Eamonnator wrote: »
    I do.
    I remember bringing my son for a haircut and seeing one of them on the street where the Barber's was. He was 6 or 7 at the time. He wanted one, so badly. I knew eff all about bikes at the time, but I thought they looked far too complicated and easily broken for my liking.
    Thankfully, I was able to change the subject.

    I remember the Vektar. A whole lot of molded plastic on a cheap bike with a lot of buttons that made the same sound if you pressed the space bar down on a Commodore 64. Good call.


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    #578
    AndrewJRenko
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    our local raleigh shop was the one at the back of roselawn shopping centre in blanchardstown. right at the height of BMX mania, they got some chap over from the UK who was a BMX champion of some description for a demonstration. at one point (i think the finale) they asked for volunteers for him to bunny hop over, and managed to get - IIRC - 30 people lying side by side; me and my brother wanted to volunteer, but my dad was having none of it.
    he had a good run up anyway, but nearly piled himself into the railings between the car park and the EHB place next door after landing. i'd say he missed the last guy by a couple of inches. in hindsight, i'm even surprised my dad allowed us watch; if yer man had fluffed it, james connolly would have been like a war zone.

    Should have gotten all the kids to wear magic hi-vis while lying down, that would definitely have kept them safe.


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