“Covered Bicycle” Guards from Wind and Rain, 1941

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Many ingenious adaptations of the bicycle have been evolved by Europeans since shortage of gasoline, due to the war, has limited the use of automobiles. One Frenchman in occupied Paris, faced with the necessity of using his bike through the winter, constructed a shelter that covers him from head to foot in 1941.

This rider has protected himself from cold wind and rain by building a tent-like shelter on his bicycle, 1941.