Bicycle Design Archeology
<p>There is an ocean of fantastic and practical design details from over 130 years of mainstream bicycle culture. Many things that used to be completely normal and often standard on bicycles have disappeared off the radar. The reason for it is no secret. As the bicycle as transport was gradually and effectively pushed out of cities as planners continued to make space for cars from the 1950s onwards, the people left riding bicycles were focused on sport and recreation and not much else. The bicycle was relegated from democratic urban transport to … toy. Captain Spandex and his band of “weight wienies” discarded frivolous details faster than rapidly descending hot-air balloonists. <em>Faster, dude! Lighter, man!</em></p>
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