- A
safety bicycle (or
simply a
safety) is a type of
bicycle that
became very po****r
beginning in the late 1880s as an
alternative to the penny-****hing...
-
Bicycle safety is the use of road
traffic safety practices to
reduce risk ****ociated with cycling. Risk can be
defined as the
number of
incidents occurring...
- consecutively, and thus the
archetype of the
bicycle, was the
German draisine dating back to 1817. The term
bicycle was
coined in
France in the 1860s, and the...
- cycling. The
basic shape and
configuration of a
typical upright or "
safety"
bicycle, has
changed little since the
first chain-driven
model was developed...
- from the use of
pneumatic tires.
These later bikes were
marketed as "
safety bicycles"
because of the
greater ease of
mounting and dismounting, the reduced...
- The
French bicycle industry and the
history of the
bicycle are intertwined.
Spanning the last
century and a half, the
industry has seen two booms, and...
- A
motorized bicycle is a
bicycle with an
attached motor or
engine and
transmission used
either to
power the
vehicle un****isted, or to ****ist with pedalling...
- rear hub.
Image from an 1889 adverti****t for a ladies'
safety bicycle Postal delivery by
bicycle in Cologne,
Germany Cyclist in Cologne,
Germany Folding...
- The
modern and most
common frame design for an
upright bicycle is
based on the
safety bicycle, and
consists of two triangles: a main
triangle and a paired...
- earn the name, header.
Several manufacturers created safety models,
which denoted a low-mount
bicycle.
Motive force came from
cranks applied to a sprocket...
