Bicycles - Cycling

Sep. 12, 1951 - A Bicycle made for Two - or One: Neighbours know Reginald Shaw as a cycling fan but, for the past few days, one thing has puzzled them. They have seen Mr.Shaw ride home from the office on a red and cream gent's cycle and then, after tea, go off cycling with daughter Olive on a tandem that looked suspiciously like the solo machine he had ridden earlier in the evening. It is the same machine, for Mr.Shaw, who is secretary of the Cyclists Touring Club, is testing the prototype of an all-British bike that is tandem and solo in one. It takes only ten minutes, and the unscrewing of four nuts and bolts, to make the switchover.The machine costs ?39. 19s. 6d. It will be exhibited later this year at the Cycle Show. Mr.Shaw and Olive recently rode from their home in Ebrington-road, Kenton, Middlesex, to York and back on the two-in-one bike. Verdict: A very comfortable machine. He told the Daily Mirror': This two-in-one bike will appeal particularly to the young man who can't afford a solo machine and a tandem, and yet wants to make the most of his week-end riding with his pals. Most of the tandems used today are at least ten years old anyway, and there is a great and unsatisfied demand for this type of cycle

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