[sustran] city bikes/free bikes

[J.H. Crawford]

I understand that until the 1960s or so, students going to
Cambridge University bought an old Raleigh 3-speed and 
brought it with them to the university. Everyone had one,
and they were parked wherever convenient around the 
university. When you left, you simply took the nearest
bike, not paying any attention to whether or not it
was yours. This apparently worked without serious problems
for many decades.

Such a level of honesty is not to be anticipated anywhere
these days. It belongs to the time when nobody locked 
his door.

How sad.



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J.H. Crawford    Crawford Systems    joel at xs4all.nl    http://www.mokum.com/