First bike I loved

Posted on Mon 11th, October 2010

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• #51

SaturdayKid

andy.w - I would have literally killed for that gorgeous mongoose back in the day. Nice pic.
• #52

getoutofmybox

mine was a raleigh milk race racer, it met a sad demise during a brakes failure on the campsie fells. It also loved playing tricks on me, like the time a fish supper in a bag got caught in the front wheel going down a hill and threw me over the handlebars. How i laughed.
• #53

skydancer

how did a fish supper get caught in the wheel. did someone throw it at you?
• #54

getoutofmybox

no, it was in a carrier bag over the handlebars. Mr Pierotti the chip shop owner had freshly cooked it and i was in a major hurry to get home to devour it.
• #55

andy.w

andy.w - I would have literally killed for that gorgeous mongoose back in the day. Nice pic.

It was mine from new, restored it and was using it to nip around on with my daughter. Sold it 3 months ago for £550.

Paid for more useable things, I miss it.
• #56

SaturdayKid

Nice story andy and good to hear you got such a good price for it after keeping and looking after it for so long.
• #57

Tommo1

That mongoose is dope

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