An interesting fact arose which concerned the older bicycle owners jargon. It was the use of the words , "push bike", by all the folk young and old as a natu ral way to describe anyone owning a bike. A sample or two between folks would have been, still got your push bike , still ride your push bike to work and your push bike need a clean the list is endless. When I asked to be reminded why bikes were calle d as such and could anybody remember where the saying came from. It was concluded tha t it could have come from the days when a rider would put one foot on a protrudi ng step on the rear axle and push with the other when they gathered speed they moun ted their machine from the rear.
So now you good folks far and wide are wiser to fact are no doubt the owner of a push bike like in the days gone by. It would interesting to know if this d escription was used elsewhere or perhaps whether its just local folk lore.
I'll push off for now , take care.
Doug Smith
North Dorset
UK