what an excellent post!!!!
I had a Raleigh chopper.. chrushed my bollox loads of times on the sturmey archer 3 speed shifter!!!
Then went on to BMX in a big way.. rode for a team and went all round the country.
Best track bike was a Diamond back silver streak with those bendy ACS z rims on(always smashing hubs ans sticking spokes through the inner tubes!)
then went into freestyle and had a DP freestyler and then a Haro freestyler.
oh such happy days!!