Raleigh Chipper

The Raleigh Chipper was a small hi-riser children's bicycle sold by the Raleigh Bicycle Company of Nottingham from 1971. It was a scaled-down relation of the Raleigh Chopper: it had the Chopper's high-rise handlebars and banana saddle, but it lacked the Chopper's arrow-shaped frame and instead had a removable cross bar, so that Raleigh could offer it as suitable for boys or girls. Because of that removable bar the frame was not adjustable, and the bicycle suited only children with an inside leg of about 21 inches. It came in flame red, orange or purple. The Chipper belonged to the group of smaller Chopper-inspired bikes that Raleigh offered to younger riders alongside the Tomahawk and the Budgie.