Raleigh Budgie

The Raleigh Budgie was the smallest of the Chopper-style bikes made by Raleigh, a scaled-down Chopper lookalike for very small children. Brochures often showed it with stabilisers, which suggests that Raleigh meant it as a child's first two-wheeled bicycle. It was first advertised in 1976 and stayed in production until at least 1981, so it belonged to the later years of the Chopper's popularity, after the Chipper and Tomahawk had already reached the shops. Along with them it is named in the history of the Chopper as one of the smaller models aimed at younger riders, and it shows how Raleigh tried to extend one successful design down the age range.