Bicycles are probably one of the best inventions ever. Not only do they allow us to get around while doing exercise, but they can also be super fun to ride. And that’s what we’re going to focus on today, in the entertainment aspect. I love a good bicycle ride, but I’ve always wondered how exciting and fun it must’ve been to ride some of the first bicycles, well, if we take out of the equation the fact that they were probably more dangerous and less practical.
Just imagine riding back to your nineteenth-century home in the ultimate invention, the proto-bike known as draisine or velocipede. Ok, probably not riding, but actually running like in The Flintstones, since the velocipede didn’t actually have pedals. That sounds kind of fun, doesn’t it? Well, it didn’t last long, since it was quite impractical, but the real fun, or at least what I think would’ve been an awesome experience, were the early nineteenth-century quadricycles or the classic ones with the huge frontal wheel, called the penny-farthing.
Nowadays, when we pick the perfect bike, we tend to focus on the type of ground we will be riding. We either go for mountain bikes, BMX, Track, and so on. Back in the day, although the creation of bikes didn’t really focus on these specifics, there were tons of options you could choose from, since inventors were developing all sorts of models and types they thought would optimize the riding experience.
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So, during the nineteenth century, there were tons of crazy models that, fortunately (or not), ended up being replaced for more comfortable and safe ones. But what’s for sure is that they were definitely more unique, and these vintage photos are proof of that.
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