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The Safety Bicycle

99% Invisible

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The History of the Bicycle Chain Drive

The breakthrough came around 1879 with the notion of a chain drive, which uses the power of the human legs to move the pedals away from the front wheel and towards the middle of the bicycle./nThis solution allowed for a more efficient use of the power of the human legs, which was a major advantage.

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