Classic lightweights has a good article and seems it was to make a better ride. Here's the article - http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/bates3.html
"It's probably not true, but a nice story nonetheless."
That's my sort of journalism.
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Classic lightweights has a good article and seems it was to make a better ride.
Here's the article -
http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/bates3.html