History of the Petit Bi bicycle
09-04-23, 03:05 PM
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History of the Petit Bi bicycle
I found this article about a french minivelo from 1939. This is new to me.
https://hadland.wordpress.com/2012/0...le-petit-bi-2/
https://hadland.wordpress.com/2012/0...le-petit-bi-2/
09-04-23, 05:44 PM
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09-04-23, 05:45 PM
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Evolution of cycles:
09-04-23, 05:46 PM
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Folded and stowed:
09-04-23, 05:47 PM
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Pretty much all the things we do with modern folders today:
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Folding version of Le Petit Bi and the earliest documented Brompton:
09-04-23, 05:55 PM
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I found this article about a french minivelo from 1939. This is new to me.
https://hadland.wordpress.com/2012/0...le-petit-bi-2/
https://hadland.wordpress.com/2012/0...le-petit-bi-2/
09-11-23, 10:46 PM
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my nice bike is at home
Great Illustrations !
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09-13-23, 09:24 AM
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Great piece of info for me to use when people ask about my mini velo of the day. I can push the date back to 1939!
