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Safety bicycle

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1.A bicycle with equal or nearly equal wheels, usually about 28 inches diameter, driven by pedals connected to the rear (driving) wheel by a multiplying gear. Since the 1930's this has been the most common type of bicycle, now simply called bicycle. The older high-wheelers are often referred to as bone-rattlers.
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Noun1.Safety bicycle - bicycle that has two wheels of equal sizesafety bicycle - bicycle that has two wheels of equal size; pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear
bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel - a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals


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Mrs Staples said: "Originally lessons were held in the house once owned by John Kemp Starley, inventor of the safety bicycle on which all bicycles are still modelled today.
30pm on Sunday will be cycles, safety bicycles and penny farthings, plus horse-drawn vehicles.
Completed registration forms may be faxed to (216) 987-4223, dropped off in person at your nearest Tri-C Public Safety Office, or mailed to: Cuyahoga Community College, Attention: Public Safety Bicycle Safety Day, 2900 Community College Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 44115.
 
 
 
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