Raleigh Juicer bike test from 1999

[SaMAlex]

There have been a few threads about the Raleigh Juicer over the last few weeks. Seeing the frame rang a few bells with me but I didn’t know why. Well, I was in the loft yesterday and found a copy of “Total Bike” from 1999, a magazine that I never read, but a friend of mine did work for. I had a flick through, thinking there must be a reason I had this copy, and found this picture of me. I had forgotten all about riding this bike for my mate. Maybe I had “chosen” to forget! Haha. I remember now that is was freezing cold, and we were at a very crap small skatepark not far from my house. Gotta love those bars!

[pickle]

that looks heavier than my car!!  and i like the way you complied with legal rags and kept the chainguard on 

Juiced!!!

[SaMAlex]

and i like the way you complied with legal rags and kept the chainguard on 

I didnt wanna change anything on it, I just did a few tricks and my mate took the snap shots. Still, it kept my slacks nice and clean!

If you look at the smaller pic of just the bike, there is nothing holding it up. I held the bike, and my mate got the camera all focused and stuff, then on the count of 3 I just let go (and moved my hand out of the shot). He took the pic and then the bike just fell to the floor. We did it several times, just to make sure he got the shot. Very funny watching it just hit the deck each time!

[generallee]

I rememeber that exact issue, I used to like total bike. That Raleigh was horrible! Alex, you are as much of a media whore as I am!
Actually, dont I recall you alex riding a 24" s&m on a street riding article in MBUK, going under the name Axel...?!!

[harris]

lol alex look at you you raleigh lover   
looks like a mongoose .

[SaMAlex]

Alex, you are as much of a media whore as I am!
Actually, dont I recall you alex riding a 24" s&m on a street riding article in MBUK, going under the name Axel...?!!

Yep, that was me! It wasnt a fake name, its just one of the many nick names that Ian Oz has for me (its Ian who has worked for verious cycling mags). I am trying to find the shots of me riding my 24". When I do I will scan them and get up on here.


Oh, and steve? Does is count being a whore if I didnt get paid for it?

[muttley]

I knew i wasnt going mad, i thought i remember RIDE mag had Raliegh ads in there in the late 90's with bikes that looked half good 

[baldbmxer]

Sh!te bike! and who is the stiff riding it!

FFS, some people with do anything to get their face in a mag!

hehe

[SaMAlex]

Sh!te bike! and who is the stiff riding it!

FFS, some people with do anything to get their face in a mag!

hehe

haha, say it like you see it JJ 

[sonic-1]

lol if yer look at the juicer then look at the new burrner that they fitted with the F-set gyro its the same  bet the r&d department worked over time on that

[beard1973]

Someone had one for sale on here recently...

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=44606.0

and looking at it.... MrSonic.... I'm struggling to see the similarity... apart from they both have wheels???

[sonic-1]

  no not that one think its called the freestyler in pearl white  its got same rear drop outs the lot
they done away with huge front gusset n put F-set on but the rest is the same

[teamsano]

i think thats the first time ive seen you without shorts on alex!

[SaMAlex]

i think thats the first time ive seen you without shorts on alex!

Haha, thats funny. It was a cold day!

[harris]

or his long sox had to have a wash day   

[theRuler]

the juicer was tested in ride mag too iirc

looks funky now but was typical of low qual bikes of the day!