With its banana seat and slick back tire ... who paid almost $400 for his chopper Ray. "Everyone says, 'Whoa look at that kid! Look at that bike, it's so awesome!” he said.

Raleigh has relaunched the Chopper, probably its most famous model, in a new version updated to meet the safety requirements for all bicycles in the 2020s. The new Chopper has the famous sprung ...

any old 24-inch bike could be upgraded to chopper status by purchasing the basics at a bike shop: a banana seat, a set of butterfly (or ape-hanger) handlebars, and a crescent wrench. In 1968 ...