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Pillion perils

AS SOON AS the first bicycle hit the streets, someone wanted a lift somewhere. Once bicycles became powered by two-stroke powerplants and belt-drive had given way to chain-drive, the requests intensified.

Known as donkeying, the practice proved the perfect means for two young blokes of limited means to travel to and from work, though as early

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