From top: Helen’s NY500 café-cum-museum is home to an eclectic collection of wheeled exhibits; special Beano edition Raleigh Chopper
Most children of the ʼ70s have a story about the Raleigh Chopper bicycle. Tales vary from those of the lingering bitterness at never finding one under the Christmas tree (and the parents who wish they had forked out £34 19s to avoid the tantrums), to those who remember its frightening instability and fondness for wheelies – intentional or not.