| Today's modern bicycles are a far cry
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| | pleasures of riding through the parks and
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| from our earliest attempts at pedal
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| | gardens without compromising their good
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| power. In fact, what many regard as the
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| | reputations.
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| birth of the bicycle had no pedals at
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| | Later, the Safety Bicycle was introduced.
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| all. It was more of a wooden hobby horse
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| | This was a redesigned version of the
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| on wheels that the rider would straddle
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| | Penny Farthing that placed the huge front
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| and push the machine along with his legs.
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| | wheel at the back of the bike and the
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| While it had no pedals, it did at least
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| | small rear wheel in the front. This new
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| have steering. It was known as the
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| | design considerably reduced the risk of
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| 'running machine'. Compared with today's
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| | being flung over the handlebars like a
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| range of bikes, it doesn't sound much fun
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| | rag doll and ending up with a severe
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| really!
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| | concussion or permanent brain damage.
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| Later, another wooden beast would hit the
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| | By the 1880s, the bicycle was going
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| fashionable cobblestone streets of Europe
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| | through further changes. The pneumatic
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| - the Boneshaker. The appropriately named
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| | tire, the use of ball bearings and the
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| Boneshaker had pedals, and was entirely
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| | spring seat made riding a much more
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| made of wood, apart from the hard, metal
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| | comfortable affair. It was during this
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| wheels. Thankfully, for the well-to-do
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| | time also that more practical designs
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| riding public of Europe, the Boneshaker
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| | incorporating two wheels of equal size
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| would soon be superseded during the 1870s
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| | were introduced, making riding a far
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| by the far more comfortable, but far more
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| | safer and enjoyable experience. The
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| dangerous, Penny Farthing.
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| | bicycle was fast evolving into the modern
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| The Penny Farthing was easily
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| | machines we enjoy today.
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| distinguishable from all bicycles that
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| | It was during the later part of the 20th
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| came before it by its huge front wheel
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| | century however that the bicycle really
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| and small rear wheel. It also, for the
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| | started to develop. In 1963 for example,
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| first time, offered the relative comfort
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| | Schwinn introduced a radical new bike
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| of hard rubber tires. The size of the
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| | called the Sting-Ray. The Sting-Ray
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| front wheel was so large because the
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| | borrowed much of its design features from
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| larger the wheel, the more efficient the
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| | the easyrider motorcycles and included
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| pedalling. While this allowed the
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| | high-rise handlebars, a comfy banana seat
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| well-heeled to hurtle recklessly at speed
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| | and a stick-shift. The Schwinn Sting-Ray
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| about the streets, it was also the cause
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| | allowed its young riders to become far
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| of many serious injuries. All that was
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| | more adventurous in their riding and it
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| needed was for a stick to jam in the
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| | wasn't long before wheelies, jumps and
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| front wheel or a dog to run across the
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| | other tricks were being performed. The
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| bicycle's path and the hapless rider
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| | Schwinn Sting-Ray would soon lead to the
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| would be propelled over the handlebars
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| | development of the BMX and the rest, as
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| and onto the hard ground below, usually
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| | they say, is history!
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| on his head. Helmets were not a necessary
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| | For more information, reviews and tips on
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| accessory in those days!
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| | mountain bikes, road bikes, folding
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| For the ladies of the day, riding a Penny
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| | bikes, BMX bikes and other bicycles,
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| Farthing would just not do, so an adult
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| | visit James Sanford's website at
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| version of the tricycle was invented in
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| | BikingHeadz.com, the complete online
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| order for proper ladies to enjoy the
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| | buyers guide for bikes and bicycles.
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