Nov 23, 2010, 11:49 PM
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Tucker, Georgia, United States
Joined Feb 2004
3,227 Posts
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Originally Posted by Usta Bee
If you look at the history of bikes you see the original ones were draisines which were wooden contraptions that you sat on and pushed with both legs like a scooter. How the heck they went from that design, to the giant wheeled ordinaries, then back to safety bicycles is baffling.
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I figure the big wheel had to do with the geometry of the fixed pedals, anything smaller would leave you with maybe little speed, making it harder to keep upright. Just brainstorming. Chain drive with coasting may not have been invented, you think?
That draisine thing looks like it just makes walking harder, and the downhill rides are likely the only time it is any fun at all, and I imagine sitting on it, on a dirt road, you get your teeth vibrated out.
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