sierraclub.org - sierra magazine - nov/dec 2011 - bikes - the bicycle: art on two wheels
Photography by Bernhard Angerer | Captions by Della Watson
Produced by French toymaker MFA (Manufacture Française d'Ameublement) around 1960, this bicycle was designed to look like a motor scooter. The children who pumped the pedals of the MFA bike nicknamed it the "Lambretta" or "Vespa," after the toy's high-powered, adult-size counterparts.