• @[email protected]
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    124 days ago

    What I love about this is that they took a contraption that is defined by having two big wheels, and set it atop eight tiny wheels.

  • Python
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    95 days ago

    damn, the recoil on that will have you speaking several Octaves higher

    • @PugJesusOP
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      35 days ago

      Great for fighting retreats!

    • @LovableSidekick
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      74 days ago

      And that’s 1897 AD - the BC ones were similar!

      the BC ones

    • @[email protected]
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      24 days ago

      Yeah, but it was still a very different ride.
      Wooden rims and solid rubber tires rattled your bones to bits on the prevailing cobbled roads
      Ergonomics weren’t well understood. With that saddle and grip position, you sat hunched over the bars in a cramped position for no good reason.
      No gears or freewheel means as long as the wheels are turning, so are your legs - lot’s of fun up and downhill!
      No brakes. You brake by countering the pedals’ movement with your legs which is really hard on the knees.
      No foot retention means if you slip off the pedal with your leather-soled shoes, you’re gonna have a bad time.
      And the steel frame’s tubes were a lot thicker, so even without the MG that bike has about twice the weight of a modern one.

    • @PugJesusOP
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      14 days ago

      tbf, this was cutting-edge technology at the time! The Penny-Farthing had just become obsolete.

  • @thawed_caveman
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    54 days ago

    Back then, this would have been a bold combination of emerging technologies.