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I know I'm bringing an incredibly old thread back to life and I don't know how people feel about that but I love the idea of seeing how people started cycling. I also think it's interesting how many people have started on Raleighs.
Speaking of which my first ride was one of these. A raleigh alien quest. Check out the alien on the chainset. I used to ride this thing along the banks of the Mersey every day during my youth in Manchester. Sadly I traded it in one day for a 3tonne blue, yellow and red full susp BSO in a moment of 9 year old weakness. Fortunately it quickly fell apart and I got a ridgeback mx-3