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Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019) by Closi on Thursday March 21, 2024 @04:41AM (#39776102)
Assume it’s different riding a modern bike with good bearings, brakes, spokes and inflated tires to a wooden-wheel peg bike.
Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019) by agumonkey on Thursday March 21, 2024 @05:43AM (#39776535)
yes that's what i tried to mean, if you were a carpenter in the middle ages and assembled a bike like device, you'd be cooked at the first dirt road on a hill (people may even ostracize you for trying crazy non holy things like this)