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Tim Talks Bicycles with Patented

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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A Bicycle Is Not Just a Bike

The penny farthing is the next stage in bicycles evolution. It was designed to be used on roads with poor road conditions, and had no pedals. They were a bit of a fad for them - sometimes called dandy horses. But these things didn't have brats as well as not havig pedals,. And so ye, they weren't really very good, and they just sort of disappeared for decades.

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