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philwelch 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Why did we wait so long for the bicycle? (2019)

Before trains they took stagecoaches. So people were very interested in roads.

eru 10 months ago [–]

Yes, that's before trains.

But when bicycles were young was during trains' heyday, not before.

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