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- Early bicycles and their predecessors were directly driven by the feet. The [[penny-farthing]] used a large driven front wheel to increase the top speed, the distance c ...ce; it corresponds to the diameter of the main wheel of an old-fashioned [[penny-farthing]] bicycle with equivalent gearing. To convert from gear inches to metres of24 KB (3,509 words) - 23:29, 3 July 2009
- {{main|Penny-farthing}} [[Image:Ordinary bicycle01.jpg|thumb|left|A ''[[penny-farthing]]'' or ''ordinary'' bicycle photographed in the [[Škoda museum]] in the [[34 KB (5,162 words) - 18:37, 23 April 2009
- Early bicycles such as the high wheeled [[penny-farthing]] bikes had no brakes as we would recognize them today. As the machines wer26 KB (4,406 words) - 08:46, 12 September 2009
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- ...isparity in size of the two wheels to their coinage, nicknaming it the ''[[penny-farthing]]''. The primitive bicycles of this generation were difficult to ride, and * A ''[[penny-farthing]]'' or ''ordinary'' has one high wheel directly driven by the pedals and on53 KB (8,173 words) - 09:32, 25 September 2009
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