in the chase scene in the movie jumanji. raleigh needed to try and compete with an american bike called the schwinn, which had very curvaceous tubes. whatever we did, it would have a big wheel and a small wheel because the big wheel shows where the power comes from, you know? like dragsters, who had big tyres at the front. the combination of that made the chopper the success it was. the chopper saved raleigh from bankruptcy. 1.5 million of them were sold worldwide. but cambridge designer tom karen didn tjust design bikes he was behind the reliant scimitar when he was the managing director at the design house 0gle. he also designed the bond bug, which, after a little bit of tweaking at the 0gle factory in letchworth, became a landspeeder in the 1977 star wars film a new hope. all these things on display here at the micro museum about tom karen in letchworth garden
now! anyone, back to the raleigh chopper. the iconic bike was designed by tom karen, who died a week ago, but his many achievements which go well beyond the chopper are being celebrated in a museum all about him. helen mulroy went to find out more. arguably tom curran most famous piece, the raleigh chopper is an icon of the 70s and the bike every youngster wanted to find under their christmas tree. its appeal and place in popular culture spans decades. it featured in supergrass s 1995 in popular culture spans decades. it featured in supergrass s1995 music video. start in the chase scene in the moviejumanji. video. start in the chase scene in the movie jumanji. video. start in the chase scene in the movie jumanji. the movie juman i. raleigh needed to the movie juman i. raleigh needed to t and the movie juman i. raleigh needed to try and compete the movie jumanji. raleigh needed to try and compete with the movie jumanji. raleigh needed to try and compete with an the movie juman
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it s ridiculous. the last thing. last thing. jack black, roast him or toast him? oh my god. you know what? i got to toast jack black. i m going to tell you something about jack black. jack black is one of the most unbelievable individuals that walk this earth. he s such a good person. and i mean down to his core. working with jack was amazing. being able to call jack a friend is even better. shout-out to jack black for being a dope person. and actually having such a grounded level of humble, you would think that jack did not achieve and do all that he s done. he s just so gracious for all opportunities that come his way. and it s dope that you can be around people that really appreciate their levels of success. so toast to jack black. i love you. i miss you, big fellow. way better than the rock, i want to set a jumanji, much better