Iconic kids bikes from the 1990s

[Nik_Barbour]

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Always wanted a Raleigh Vektar as a kid - anyone remember these? (BMX with computer fixed to the crossbar)

Never got one. I had a second hand Raleigh Chopper which someone had snapped the gear lever off.

[Theplater2012]

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Hi, have just dug this out of my garage, has been stored for 20 plus years rarely used, understood it was BMX, based on a racer bike used in a world competition, it was too fast for my daughter !

[Richard1978]

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I had a Blue Bird bike in the 80's, with a plastic box on the back to keep stuff in. Then I got a much girlier Heather bike with a basket on the front! Only because my friend had one.

My sister had one of those bikes with a box on the back, later replaced by one bigger with a seat for a doll.

[smiles7964]

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I had a Blue Bird bike in the 80's, with a plastic box on the back to keep stuff in. Then I got a much girlier Heather bike with a basket on the front! Only because my friend had one.

[Arran]

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Is this its little brother or is it a completely different bike?



I initially thought it had some connection with Sonic the Hedgehog but it doesn't appear to be the case after examining the stickers.

The only bikes that I am aware of that had a plastic cover over the frame were produced by Raleigh during the late 1980s and they resembled BMXs with plastic mag wheels. The two Sonic bikes were not made by Raleigh.

[victorbrunswick]

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I had a green Stingray when I was a kid. Sadly Schwinn completely missed the bus on BMX and mountain bikes because they thought it was only a California thing and a fad even though the very first BMX bikes were made from Schwinn parts.

[darren]

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Now thats a beautiful looking bike i must say.

I did a check and apparently schwinn bikes are sold thru argos so i guess that means they are sold in the uk.

i don't know if schwinn was ever sold in the uk but this was the iconic kids' bike of the '70s. This is the higher end krate version. Stingrays/krates are now highly collectible among vintage bike enthusiasts.

[victorbrunswick]

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I don't know if Schwinn was ever sold in the UK but this was the iconic kids' bike of the '70s. This is the higher end Krate version. Stingrays/Krates are now highly collectible among vintage bike enthusiasts.

[Mulletino]

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Any idea which company makes this bike? It appears to be from the 1990s or early 21st century but I have never seen anything like it before.

Sonic?

[Arran]

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Any idea which company makes this bike? It appears to be from the 1990s or early 21st century but I have never seen anything like it before.

[Arran]

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When I discussed the issue with another kid from the 1990s we both agreed that Raleigh made a range of competent but rather dull mountain bikes during that decade. At the time they were seen by both parents and kids as high-tech compared with the offerings from Raleigh in the past. A bike with suspension and derailleur gears for a 6 year old was almost unimaginable in 1980 even if it did turn out to be the maligned Activator. The mountain bike also represented the first real innovation in bikes specifically designed for girls in 30 years. Girls of the 1980s were riding round on bikes barely different from those in the 1950s. Although Choppers and BMX are officially unisex they were designed with boys in mind. It was also agreed that despite the high level of innovation associated with mountain bikes nothing from the Raleigh stable in the 1990s has become iconic yet.

[zabadak]

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I had a Pavemaster...

I seem to remember it had thinner tyres than this...

[darren]

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I HAD ONE OF THESE.
NOT SURE IF ITS SEVENTIES OR EIGHTIES OR NINETIES.

ITS TOUGH THINKING OF ANY NON RALEIGH BIKE THATS ICONIC.

[Twocky61]

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I had a Harrier bike which was the cheaper version of the Chopper

[Arran]

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Are any 1970s and 80s kids bikes that are not a Raleigh iconic apart from high-end and American BMX such as Mongoose or Skyway?