Tools for getting around.
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1871–1890 · Superseded
Moved one rider fast and far. A pedalled front wheel of forty to sixty inches, sized to the rider’s leg, carried the rider farther on each turn. A good rider could cover more than a hundred miles in a day.
1867–1870 · Superseded
Once upon a time, what it did was move one rider faster than walking, by pedals attached directly to the front wheel. It was the first bicycle with pedals; its makers called it a velocipede, and riders named it for the uncomfortable ride.
Established
Carries a few people and their things from door to door, quickly, over a road network built for it.
Emerging
Carries a few people and their things from door to door, quickly, over a road network built for cars, on electricity instead of gasoline.
since 1885 · Established
Moves a person, and a modest load, three or four times faster than walking, for about a fifth of the energy walking takes over the same distance (Illich’s figures). It runs on food and needs nothing more than a passable path.
