Quiz: Test What You Know About Bicycles
Quiz: Test What You Know About Bicycles
Maybe not the coolest mode of transportation, bicycles are very popular. Since first introduced in the early 1800s, they have gotten lighter, easier to ride, and more efficient.
First introduced in 1817 with a machine called the "Swiftwalker," the world’s most efficient way to get from here to there is undoutedly the bicycle. The most popular transport machine ever invented, bikes now outnumber automobiles by almost two to one. Engineers have tacken the machine that is more efficient than walking or running and made it unstoppable with tires and a chain drive, and then gears and composite frames. Test what you know about bicycles.
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