Bicycle
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A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A b
The most popular bicycle model—and most popular vehicle of any kind in the world—is the Chinese Flying Pigeon, with about 500 million produced.
1886 Swift Safety Bicycle
Women on bicycles on unpaved road, US, late 19th century
A penny-farthing or ordinary bicycle in the Škoda Auto museum in the Czech Republic
Velocipede
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A velocipede is a human-powered land vehicle with one or more wheels. The most common type of velocipede today is the bicycle.
Bicycle
…The word was first used in 1828 in French to describe a two-wheeled chaise, a horse-drawn carriage. The design of the bicycle was an advance on the velocipede, although the words were used with some degree of overlap for a time. Other words for bicycle include "bike", "pushbike", "pedal cycle", or "cycle…
"A Velocipede of Fifty Years Ago," 1869
1880 Velocipede
The American Velocipede, 1868, a wood engraving from Harper's Weekly
Thomas McCall in 1869 on his velocipede