Originally Posted by
folder fanatic
Steel frames were popular during WW 2. My uncle used that sort of bike during his deployment in the UK.
Steel is always a popular choice during war time, gives an added sense of security, plus of course in the UK we melted down all our aluminium saucepans to make Spitfires, there was no allocation for bicycle frames, not that anyone had thought of making bicycle frames from aluminium at that time - or did they ?