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Re:Bicycle by alt227 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:29PM (#35345680)
Bicycles are a relatively new invention because they require roads/flat paths which are also a relatively new occurance, and came about due to the widepread use of horses and then carraiges for transportation.

A bike at any other point in human history would have been completely useless trying to traverse natural terrain.

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Re:Bicycle by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @02:37PM (#35345794)
The modern "fat bike" would be (is!) quite good at traversing a variety of natural terrains where humans live, without roads or paths/trails.
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Re:Bicycle by IIsi50MHz on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:21AM (#35352500)
"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."

. o O ( Now if only 18.8 MPH were enough to activate the flux capacitor. )

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Re:Bicycle by midoridensha on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @05:12AM (#35354546)
Mountain bikes do not require roads or flat paths; they work fine on trails (hence the name "mountain bike"), which have existed since large animals evolved.

However, mountain bikes arguably require even more technologies than other bicycles, especially for suspension and brakes (MTBs pioneered the use of disc brakes on bicycles).

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