1990 Strutt Worksong Folding X Frame

 

1990 Strutt Worksong Folding X Frame

Mk 1

Sturmey-Archer 5 speed gears

22″ Frame

24 x 1 3/8″ Wheels 

The Strutt Worksong was built for only a short time after it was introduced in 1989. It’s an excellent bicycle, benefitting from a unique cross-frame design as well as being a folding model. However, the British economy was not good in the early 1990s and the Worksong was not a cheap bicycle to produce.

I became interested in them because they were built at Hurn Airport in Dorset. I had a garage restoring and selling vintage cars and motorcycles nearby, in Bournemouth, during the 1980s, and I used to park my double decker bus at Hurn Airport, near the Strutt workshop.

This Mark 1 model in red is the third Worksong I’ve owned. It’s in very good all round original condition and ready to ride.

 

 

 

 

 

THE WORKSONG FOLDED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

METALCRAFT, BUILDING 105,

HURN AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

After I bought my first Strutt Worksong (a Mark 1), I visited the building that was used by ‘Metalwork’ to build the Worksong. Here’s a photo of that bike next to its old premises. As you can see, the place is now derelict. Most of the estate has been redeveloped with new buildings, and I was told that these old buildings (dating from WW2) are due for demolition too.