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		JackFr on July 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? > The alternatives are not good. Cast iron? Too heavy and too brittle. Wrought iron? Maybe, but not that great. Lead? Too soft. Brass? Could work, but expensive. A king's kid might have had a brass bicycle. Well that still leaves wood.

your-nanny on July 15, 2019 [–]

not strong enough for the frame without being too heavy. there are wood composite bicycles, today, but that is whole other thang

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