WAR SHORTAGES AND BICYCLES.
Along with many other - commodities British bicycles and component parts are becoming most difficult to procure. One of the scarcest lines is chains; and not a few cyclists are now realising what a difference the war has made even to the operation of a simple bicycle. Some cycle agents and assemblers, who had imported a quantity of chains of the best quality, will not now part with one for a sovereign, when once they were obtainable for less than lialf\that amount, preferring 1 to fit them to the machines they build and sell. Although many other lines are quite aSrScarce, the chain is one very vital part of the bicycle, and to give even a reasonable amount of satisfaction it must be good; and the best is never too good. .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19180719.2.83.3
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 17, 19 July 1918, Page 11
Word Count
134WAR SHORTAGES AND BICYCLES. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 17, 19 July 1918, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.