Who’s a Cheeky Boy?

Langy’s quest to open England’s premier folding moped museum takes a step closer

I’VE GOT A THING for folding mopeds so when I heard there was something called a Moto Graziella Cheeky Boy, complete with Sachs 50cc two-stroke motor, handlebars that fold down with internal wiring, a bell, colour coded squidgy grips, sumptuous saddle, over complicated front suspension and pedals to aid progress on steep inclines I was intrigued. Best part for me though is the ingenuity. It can be stored upright and need never get nicked because you can take it in the pub with you. Made from the early sixties to the mid-seventies by Italian firm Carnielli, it was editor Wilson who spun me tales of this mystical ped, but we’d never actually seen one for sale until one Monday morning when, like a fly-fisherman casting a particularly juicy fly, he shouted across…

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BIKE United Kingdom (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2019

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