Children in Need, Paddy McGuinness and Raleigh Chopper

For those of a certain age, including 51-year-old Top Gear presenter Paddy McGuinness, the Raleigh Chopper is an icon of childhood. However, it was built for suburban streets, not for a 300-mile ...
But let’s take a ride through the years and recall previous types of bicycles that had an impact in different eras.
Paddy McGuinness is cycling from Wrexham to Glasgow on a modified Raleigh Chopper bike [BBC] The Bolton-born star has said he was motivated to take on the challenge by the people he had met who ...
The BBC presenter rode from Wrexham to Glasgow on a Raleigh Chopper bike. The Top Gear presenter began his journey on Monday at Wrexham AFC’s Racecourse Ground, and described how Glasgow was ...
He has so far covered 200 miles and raised £3.3m - all on a Raleigh Chopper, the iconic children’s bike popular in the ...