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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: WizardWeb on July 29, 2006, 02:25 PM

Title: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: WizardWeb on July 29, 2006, 02:25 PM

Only £99 and it looks like it too....  ;)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v650/WizardWeb/2006Burner.jpg)

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: bsdforever on July 29, 2006, 02:33 PM

what a pile of shit

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: harris on July 29, 2006, 02:34 PM

bloody hell they are at it again.that was my job in 85/86 testing rubbish catalogue
bikes to see if they would last good fun rubbish rides thou.

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: P0LL0 on July 29, 2006, 03:20 PM

lovely! and very fitting it should be in the Argoose catalogue, bet the burner boys are gonna love that piece of crap!

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: harris on July 29, 2006, 03:20 PM

 :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: Stace on July 29, 2006, 04:03 PM

Its not all bad.....you won't get any oil on your trouser leg  :2funny: :2funny:

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: oberonspacefruit on July 29, 2006, 07:36 PM

i saw one in my local bike shop. you could literally cut your finger on the welds.

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: theRuler on July 29, 2006, 07:56 PM

it has a rear reflector though

safety first

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: weston on July 30, 2006, 11:06 AM

i posted pics of it earlier this year but now its got new decals, it looks far better in black as they were gonna do it in chrome

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: mantadave on July 30, 2006, 12:35 PM

 There at it again ripping kids off. :(  they were shit then and they will be shit now :-[

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: Dingobmxer on July 30, 2006, 12:43 PM

Quote from: mantadave on July 30, 2006, 12:35 PM

There at it again ripping kids off. :(  they were shit then and they will be shit now :-[

aint THAT the truth  ;D
 :) DINGO :)

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: WizardWeb on July 30, 2006, 07:33 PM

I remember reading in Ride a few years back that Raleigh wanted to do a chrome BMX again but at the time couldn't find a place to do it in the quantity they wanted. They reckoned the dealers were asking for them. I assume though that they meant bike dealers....  ;D

Hoffman said the dealers wanted chrome bikes too, but he didn't think they'd sell, they'd be cut price shopfloor specials in no time, so they never got made either.

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: theRuler on July 30, 2006, 07:55 PM

raleigh made bmxs in the mid to late 90's

a friend of mine has a raleigh "alacantra spin" or some crap like that, from 1996
lol, they also made a model called a ferret. that was a truly unfashionable name back then.

they were average bikes of the day. beginner bikes, but no hooptier than GT or mongooses beginner bikes.
but in true raleigh style, time stood still in the design office and now they are offering the same stuff but with new stickers.

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: Jim on August 01, 2006, 01:22 PM

blimey... there's a saying, about dead folk not looking good when you dig them up. Guess that goes for the poor old burner.

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: showtime on August 02, 2006, 07:09 AM

Quote from: WizardWeb on July 30, 2006, 07:33 PM

Hoffman said the dealers wanted chrome bikes too, but he didn't think they'd sell, they'd be cut price shopfloor specials in no time, so they never got made either.

i got a chrome Hoffman  :P  :daumenhoch:

(http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL23/1877918/8354558/112136860.jpg)

Title: Re: New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue
Post by: oberonspacefruit on August 02, 2006, 09:12 AM

damn. now I want a raleigh ferret.