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The Bicycle with Tim Harford

Patented: History of Inventions

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Sir Clive Sainclair's Electric Bike

It's interesting that clive sainclair's electric bicycle, basic c five, was sort of an electric, recumbent electric bicycle. The irony is, very early in his career, before he had any money, he was experimenting with battery enhanced scooters. But i think, in hind sights, much he obviously always er in hindsie, i think in hindsin it was a distraction. It distracted him from what is the best possible way to get a short range electric vehicle on the road and make people feel safe in it. Coming up next we're gongto be talking about one of the most iconic invention stories, the brothers. Nothing defines what invention and innovation means,

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