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The Picture of Free, Untrammeled Womanhood - How the bicycle liberated women
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I love how they basically wore parachutes on their bikes back then, but they still enjoyed the hell out of the ride!
Imagine the bike snobs back in the day: "this corset saves 3 watts!" "fellas, do you wear your monocle chain over or under your bowtie?"
"Aero top hats were 16" tall." 😂