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dr_dshiv on Jan 15, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Take the pedals off the bike

I love riding bikes with no pedals. You do feel like a dandy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_horse

Also, is it shocking to anyone that pedal+chain bicycles were invented in 1885, less than 20 years before powered flight?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle

01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Jan 15, 2025 [–]

Sort of a sit-down, off-road push scooter!

robotresearcher on Jan 16, 2025 | [–]

They used to be called ‘velocipedes’.

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