New Raleigh Burner in the new Argos catalogue

[WizardWeb]

Only £99 and it looks like it too.... 

[bsdforever]

what a pile of shit

[harris]

bloody hell they are at it again.that was my job in 85/86 testing rubbish catalogue
bikes to see if they would last good fun rubbish rides thou.

[P0LL0]

lovely! and very fitting it should be in the Argoose catalogue, bet the burner boys are gonna love that piece of crap!

[harris]

 

[Stace]

Its not all bad.....you won't get any oil on your trouser leg 

[oberonspacefruit]

i saw one in my local bike shop. you could literally cut your finger on the welds.

[theRuler]

it has a rear reflector though

safety first

[weston]

i posted pics of it earlier this year but now its got new decals, it looks far better in black as they were gonna do it in chrome

[mantadave]

 There at it again ripping kids off.   they were shit then and they will be shit now

[Dingobmxer]

There at it again ripping kids off.   they were shit then and they will be shit now

aint THAT the truth 
  DINGO

[WizardWeb]

I remember reading in Ride a few years back that Raleigh wanted to do a chrome BMX again but at the time couldn't find a place to do it in the quantity they wanted. They reckoned the dealers were asking for them. I assume though that they meant bike dealers.... 

Hoffman said the dealers wanted chrome bikes too, but he didn't think they'd sell, they'd be cut price shopfloor specials in no time, so they never got made either.

[theRuler]

raleigh made bmxs in the mid to late 90's

a friend of mine has a raleigh "alacantra spin" or some crap like that, from 1996
lol, they also made a model called a ferret. that was a truly unfashionable name back then.

they were average bikes of the day. beginner bikes, but no hooptier than GT or mongooses beginner bikes.
but in true raleigh style, time stood still in the design office and now they are offering the same stuff but with new stickers.

[Jim]

blimey... there's a saying, about dead folk not looking good when you dig them up. Guess that goes for the poor old burner.

[showtime]

Hoffman said the dealers wanted chrome bikes too, but he didn't think they'd sell, they'd be cut price shopfloor specials in no time, so they never got made either.

i got a chrome Hoffman   

[oberonspacefruit]

damn. now I want a raleigh ferret.