This is absolutely priceless footage of an era many of us shared in, but have only our fantastic memories to recall. I spent many a time from dawn til dusk riding on the local pit heaps, and they were some of the best days of my life. Thanks for having the foresight and luck to be in possession of cine equipment at a time when some people's parents still had b&w tellys!
Great video I'm 57 and loved them days, have still got 3 Grifters when kids were hardcore getting caned at school bunking off etc not like the handbag carrying wimps of today.
I was just watching how it got the least “air” of all the bikes in the jumps and laughing my arse off... how did I even ride that 15 miles up n down hills in Yorkshire to my grans... took me 3.5 hours... Only slightly faster than walking it, WTF. That Grifter was my pride n joy tho... I was hardly ever off it.
This is absolutely priceless footage of an era many of us shared in, but have only our fantastic memories to recall. I spent many a time from dawn til dusk riding on the local pit heaps, and they were some of the best days of my life. Thanks for having the foresight and luck to be in possession of cine equipment at a time when some people's parents still had b&w tellys!
Holy mollolly this is so like me and my friends in '77 one had a Grifter one had a cow horn racer, and I had the chopper and one other had a tomahawk.
great guitar track tgere. I loved it.
Great video mate very enjoyable.....
Awesome video of Newport in the 80's !
Burning around the Glebelands !!
Great video I'm 57 and loved them days, have still got 3 Grifters when kids were hardcore getting caned at school bunking off etc not like the handbag carrying wimps of today.
Will be glad when my 78 chopper is restored! :)
Excellent!
Wicked vid!
the gleblands aka the rek is just of juntion 25 on the m4 and purnells farm is just below and around christchurch cemetery.
Anthony Gilbert are you the same Anthony Gilbert that went to queen's school
Magic!
thres a 2012 limited addition one out for lads, proper retro look, ill be doing a review on it this week!
Purnells farm and the rec are the main park areas.
I had a Grifter!
I was just watching how it got the least “air” of all the bikes in the jumps and laughing my arse off... how did I even ride that 15 miles up n down hills in Yorkshire to my grans... took me 3.5 hours... Only slightly faster than walking it, WTF. That Grifter was my pride n joy tho... I was hardly ever off it.
Cheers paul but i dont at the moment. sell it on ebay they go for a fortune. :)
i have an original Raleigh Chopper SE if you know anyone who want to buy one .its been in the attic for over 20 years its the limited addition one
Do you still have it
Rock and Road
the soundtrack is rrr&r