I still have my Raleigh bike with its three-speed Sturmey Archer gears and Lucas Dynamo in my shed. It is now 60 years old. In the fifties, I used to oil the hubs, pedals and chain and a group of us from Sandymount would head off for the weekend to an An Oige (IYHA) hostel, maybe Avoca or Aughavannagh, County Wicklow. Those were the days.

The picture above of happy cyclists relaxing was taken on 3rd May 1953.