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@MetalMelly
I smile at this thread. I'm 60+. Dad was a postman. One day he surprised me with a post office bike. Beyond repair they said; not true. I was 9. It was my first big (I mean BIG) bike. Red and white, single speed with a huge flat rack on the front which was perfect for my newspaper round bag. Weighed a ton. And we lived at the top of a big hill. (cue Hovis tune). I delivered papers not able to pedal and sit at the same time, for weeks, until I'd saved enough wages (5 shillings, 25 pence a week) to buy a Sun 5 speed racer....for £5. Wish I still had both.