Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)
by analog31 on Thursday March 21, 2024 @07:46AM
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My theory: People had nowhere to go. They had a reason to transport goods, but not themselves. They lived on the farms where they worked, or within walking distance of factories, church, etc.
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Re:Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)
by paxys on Thursday March 21, 2024 @08:22AM
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It's always tricky to speculate on cause vs effect. Did bicycles come about because people needed to travel longer distances, or did people start to travel longer distances because they had better modes of transportation available to them?