150,000 BICYCLES
FOR WOMEN WAR WORKERS
Clothes rationing has led to a concession in the design of the extra 150,000 bicycles which Britain is building specially for women cyclists during the present year. The bicycles will be reserved mainly foa- use between their homes and factories of the army of women now being called up for war work. In deciding the specification for the machines the British cycle industry had rather a problem. To save steel no more bicycles are being made in Britain during the war with the fixture for changing gear or with the oil bath gear case. It was felt, en the other hand, that this special war issue of bicycles could not be left with chains completely unprotected, otherwise stockings might be ruined and valuable clothes coupons used up as a result. It has, therefore, been decided that the woman war worker is to be given her choice between the chain guard, known as the "hockey stick" tj'pe, covering the top run of the chain, and a chain cover which keeps the whole run of the chain, from possible contact with skirts or stockings. Both clothes and rider will thus be protected.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 34, 27 March 1942, Page 3
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196150,000 BICYCLES Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 34, 27 March 1942, Page 3
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