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Old 11-04-19 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by tcs
Fun fact: The first 'safety' bicycle (with lowered seating and chain-driven rear wheel) seems to have been the Lawson Bicyclette of the late 1870s:


The Art & Pastime of Cycling by R J Mecredy & A J Wilson (2nd. Ed. 1891)

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