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The Howth Social Cycle 2010... For all the photos Check our



The Marie Keating Cycle Sunday August 8th 2010



National Bike Week 2010

A wonderful sunny day in Dublin as thousands of people decended on the Phoenix park for the finale to bike week
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See all of our photos on


Don't forget to get your sponsorship cards for this Years Marie Keating Cycle.
Details on the Club Diary page.. Sunday 8th of August 2010.
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May 9th we attended the Killucan Show.

Gallery... also check out the Videos on our channel

For the last 7 years we have always taken part in the Lucan parade...
and this year we did both Lucan & Maynooth.

The 2010 Video is now on



From the Lucan part of Our day... and Thanks to Geraldine for the brilliant Breakfast Rolls...

We also decided to take part in the Maynooth Co.Kildare event..


New Club Fleece jackets with Club logo, and new beenie hats are available..
Get your fleece for only €10 while stocks last.


We were asked to provide a Chopper for a TV documentry on the life of Boxer Barry McGuigan.
We traveled first to Clones then on to Newtown Butler in Northern Ireland for the filming.
The Chopper sequence was filmed in Newtown Buttler and will be the opening sequence for the film biography.

The clip however was not used in the finished film.

The young boy was selected because of his size and 'hair' even though throughout he wears a hat.
The film will be shown next year by Setanta and channel 4.

Watch our Youtube channel for other film clips.

On an unrelated topic, here is yer another TV advert featuring a Chopper

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Check out the full gallery on the

Gerry C's Photos from The Picnic in the Park Here.

As always the
has all of the photos just follow the link.
We always make a big effort and this year was no different.



Mosney was our biggest Club Event with over 20 Club Members turning out.
As well as our regular Monthly meets at the Phoenix Park..

This Year we also launched our own ebo site.

The origional
Irish Raleigh Chart
for the complete range
in 1976


Click on the pic..


Mosney Show June 11th 2006.


Wednesday 19th July at 7.30pm.


Parts available now!

Contact the Club for details.

July 2006 Meet.


A really super sunny day for a Chopper Cruze.

Chopper Club Merchandise
New for 2007.

Our latest Additions to the range arrive this month and will be Green with both the Irish & St. Georges Cross flags on the sleeve,
to celebrate the joint
5th Birthday of the
IRCC & RCOC.


All sizes available
Embroydered with club logo on the front and letsgoout on the back. priced at €30.00

Matching Chopperclub baseball hats, in navy with club logo available priced at just €12.00


New Club Jackets available.

100% Waterproof with club crest embroidered on the front, in Green only €16.00

email:
chopperclub@eircom.net


Jackie Murphys
Origional Raleigh handbook.


August 12th 2007.

The Marie Keating Foundation
Charity Cycle.



Dave's find

Kelloggs 100th anniversary advert.

The Add is set in the 70's and extremely well produced, only thing is they used a Mk3!!


Everything is authentic, Clothes, hairstyles etc.





Even looks like it was filmed on a cini-camera.

The add cuts to the present day and there is the Mk3 in the shed. So our hero takes it out for a spin!




This add and much more will be featured on our forthcoming DVD complilation

Billing 06' June Bank Holiday Weekend.


For anyone who missed
the Kells find story...
here is the
ultimate NOS Chopper find.

 

St Patrick's Day 2007.

Once again we won the award for most entertaining float!! with our soundsystem pumping out 70's rock!!

Jimmy Stagg with John Hughes..
Jimmy is in the gorilla suit!!

Well done to all the Club members who made such a massive effort to dress-up despite
the miserable weather.


Well its taken a few weeks but the DVD is finally ready to roll.

Its short only 5 mins as it contains the Chopper snippits I had on VHS from the past few years.

It contains The Kelloggs add.
Living in the 70's piece on the Chopper and Satitude's rate it or slate it from 2004.

Anyone who wants a copy email me.
Its available for the cost of the disk and postage

(which is essentially free)


The Club Archive from 2002 to 2005

Trim Show July 2005.

Many thanks to Gerry B and the organisers of the event for the invite. We had a most enjoyable afternoon and met lots of folk who showed a big interest in the Choppers.

St Patrick's Day Parade 2005



Mk3 Choppers are now available priced at €330.00 from Gerry in Wheelspin,

We recommend you buy from a bike shop as you will have a full back up service.

Gerry is our technical expert

and will offer help & advice with your new Chopper.Gerry also has tyres and spare parts


Contact 086-240 2308

The new Tomahawk.

Mk2 Tomahawk 1978.

 

 

The NEW OCC Stingray.

John Lees has developed over the past number of years a complete guide to restoring your Mark 1 or 2.

For Johns contact details visit his website at: raleigh-chopper.org

Aiden's Mk1

 

 

 

 

 

Celbridge Abbey Show

May 8th 2005.

What a great way to start the new season the Celbridge Abbey Show never disappoints in terms of organisation and the variety of exhibits.

Great to see Paul & Christine McCormick from Co.Down at the show with their 72' Fizzy and Escort Cosworth

It was also good to see Terence at the Show with his prismatic now fully restored.

The Celbridge Gallery.

Carlow Mini Show September 2004

We had to attend the Mini Show as Gerry &Ann-Marie Chopper Club members were displaying "Simply Red".

Full Gallery HERE.

The Mosney Show

The full Two part
Mosney gallery.

June Bank Holiday Weekend, 2005.

Hats off to Gary this had to be the biggest & best yet. Over 600 Choppers of all makes and marks.

Two full gallerys are now on line.


Car Stickers Free. Chopperclub@eircom.net



Fair City's Jim Bartley and Bernie Cahill.

The amazing Kells Chopper Find.

Needless to say a bargin was not to be had on this occassion. Thanks to the Irish Independent artice below Dom was in no doubt he was sitting on a fortune. He had a value of €2000 Euro in his mind and we put a true value of between €500 and €600 on each Chopper.

Competition from July 1973

Kate Lawlor.

IRCC took part in the Charity fun cycle in aid of Diabetes on Sunday the 21st of September.

We Cycled to Blackrock Park and back a total distance of 23 milesand managed to raise 1700 Euro for the Diabetes foundation.

Here is a photo sent to us by Robbie K : It appears that Gilbert still has his 1971 mk1 crossover at his home on Jersey