Thread: How early could something like the modern bicycle have been created?
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Old 11-21-14 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Artkansas


The Chain is definitely Da Vinci, the bike supposed to be Da Vinci.
The bicycle sketch has been fairly thoroughly debunked, it's drawn with ink developed centuries after Da Vinci's death.

He did design chain-driven gears, caged ball bearings, and mechanically-driven carts, but the bicycle is a 20th Century forgery.
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