Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)

Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019) by loeg on Thursday March 21, 2024 @12:55AM (#39774978)

> None of the early designs seemed to have any brakes, making them quite impractical.

None of them were freehub designs, so you could always backpedal to slow down. It's definitely more work than a real brake, but it's not nothing.

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Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019) by NegativeLatency on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:09AM (#39775315)

If they even had pedals

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Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019) by loeg on Thursday March 21, 2024 @12:29PM (#39780769)

There's always the "Ted Shred" (braking by applying your foot to the rear wheel).

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Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019) by giraffe_lady on Thursday March 21, 2024 @09:56AM (#39778556)

Can't rule out the possibility that victorians were whipping sick skids. My fixie brothers & sisters through time.

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Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019) by loeg on Thursday March 21, 2024 @08:31PM (#39786174)

49x19 is life!

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