And the trousers you had to wear were made from that surface on the side of matchboxes, so you had to stop more often to put your bike out than to change punctured tires (that in those days were grown from seeds so fixing a puncture could take up to 5 months). :)
And the trousers you had to wear were made from that surface on the side of matchboxes, so you had to stop more often to put your bike out than to change punctured tires (that in those days were grown from seeds so fixing a puncture could take up to 5 months). :)