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  • Plastic cycle, maybe French?

    I just remembered our French teacher at school having a plastic cycle. It was a full size adult cycle with maybe 26 or 27 inch wheels.

    It was beige and cream coloured and was completely plastic including the large spoked wheels.

    I kind of remember someone saying it was from France, has anyone else heard or seen anything like this?

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    Re: Plastic cycle, maybe French?

    Yes, early 80's. They had them on sale (briefly?) in Selfridges in London, where I was at the time.
    All plastic, three-speed rear hub gears.
    This, or something very like it.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_bicycle
    I was not impressed as they only appeared to have one brake, only to be told about the rear wheel back-pedal hub brake, which I'd never met before, (and only once again, on a hire-bike in Australia about ten years later).
    "It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

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      Re: Plastic cycle, maybe French?

      Fantastic, this is exactly it!!

      What a dreadful design, you can imagine how much stick the teacher who rode it to school got every day?!?!?

      Cheers for bringing a smile back witht the memory
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