Raleigh Tomahawk Bicycle

I have fond memories of the Raleigh Tomahawk because it was the first bicycle I ever rode and owned as a child.

I can't remember if it was bought for me as birthday or xmas present but I spent many an evening after school riding about on my Tomahawk, I loved it. My cousin had one too and we would cycle around together pretending to be Jon and Poncherello from CHiPs.

There was a road near to where I lived that was on a slight hill and sometimes I'd scatter dry soil across it at the bottom of the hill.  I would then cycle down it as fast as I could and  pull my back brake at the bottom sending the bicycle into a deliberate skid which would cause a large cloud of dust to form as the back wheel slid across the dry soil.

I'll never forget the sound of those skids and the resulting dust clouds.  As a small child they always seemed mightily impressive.