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When a primitive pedal-powered vehicle, called a boneshaker, met up with the emerging tools of mass production, the modern bicycle was born.
Scientific American illustration from the collection of American Precision Museum
Scientific American illustration from the collection of American Precision Museum
Then, just as surely as rotating pedals spin a bicycle wheel, new technology created social change, which demanded more technological change, which in turn brought more social change. At the peak of the cycling craze, in the 1890s, the bicycle drove remarkable advances in both manufacturing and society.
 
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