BUTTERWORTH: Vintage bicycle collector Tan Kok Siew spent a whopping RM25,000 on a World War II 1940 BSA Airborne Bicycle which he bought from a friend in England.
But it was worth every penny, according to Tan. “It may be a ridiculous price to pay for a bicycle but cycling has been my hobby since I was a young boy.
RM25,000 ride: Tan (right) posing with his vintage bicycle at the Datuk Haji Ahmad Badawi hall in Butterworth yesterday. With him is State Youth and Sports Department director Abd Jalil A. Rashid (second from right) and other Bikers Club members.I am quite fortunate my wife did not scold me for getting it,” he said during the Butterworth Bikers Club’s first anniversary celebrations at Dewan Datuk Haji Ahmad Badawi here yesterday.
The Birmingham-made bicycle with a 26-inch diameter tyre was among 18 vintage on show at the event.
Among the other attractive bicycles on display were a foldable 1954 Porta Silk Bicycle from Tokyo, Japan with a high V-shaped handle bar; a 1952 Philips Postman Bicycle from Nottingham, England, with a broad mailbag frame in front and a 1951 MG Sports Small Bicycle, also from Nottingham, with a broad handlebar.
From The Star - 15 March 2010
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/15/nation/5863204&sec=nation
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