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Old 30th Nov 2012, 21:44
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cockney steve
 
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Danny, you were a man of taste and discernment with a "Winged Wheel"
The peasantry made do with a Cyclemaster or even the "Powa-Pak"..(remember you could get a very heavy -duty ribbed back tyre that the drive-roller of the latter made short work of! ) then there was the French Berini-a front wheel version of the friction-drive Powa Pak.....there was the Ducati Cucciolo a rare beast! and a whole host of other fringe makes at ~200 mpg I'm surprised there has not been a renaissance in this form of transport,-especially as today's brakes are actually effective.

Keep on with the reminiscences they evoke times long-gone.
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