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History of the development of the bicycle.
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threaded and threadless fork origin
In a word - tradition.
A bike looks like a bike because that's what bikes look like. Quill stems and threaded headsets endured for so long as the normal will be at least partly because of this.
I w …
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Why are bicycle gear ratios computed as front/rear and not the opposite?
Right now we have a single standard of frontteeth:rearteeth like 53:11 and 30:34, which has been around for many decades. But does not account for wheel diameter or crank length.
So we get another st …
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Why do we say we "ride" and not "drive" bicycles?
This is an interesting question, but realistically better on English.SE than Bicycles.SE
I suspect it is the difference between being enclosed vs seated on-top or astride the vehicle. You would ride …
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Why/how did flat bars take over?
OPINION Drop bars should never have been popular.
There was a surge in popularity for the "ten-speed" in the 70s and 80s, and part of that look was drop bars. This artificially made drops seem like …
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Why are disc brakes (disc & caliper) always installed on the left side of the bicycle?
On the rear, the disk rotor is on the left side of the bike to keep it away from the contaminants around the chain and cassette. This is why QR skewers have their levers on the left side of the bike …
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Tour de Trump/Tour DuPont routes?
This is not a proper answer. Its more a collection of notes gleaned from different sources. Feel free to add more if you find other things.
1989
The first Tour de Trump, a 10-day, 837-mile bicycle …
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Cito bicycle history / old steel bike identification
That is a unique-looking bike.
The seat stays appear to be bolted on top and bottom, which is how a PO was able to fit a belt without cutting the frame or using a split belt. That it has track ends r …
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