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Originally Posted by BlaineWasHere
When cars were starting to become mainstream (turn of the century of the 20th) cycling was very expensive and pretty much only reserved for the very very wealthy.
I was also being sarcastic. I don't mind 90% of the cyclists out there because they respect the fact a car/driver could kill them and don't feel like their intitled to the middle of the lane.
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Sorry, I knew you were being sarcastic.
I couldn't resist a chance to share some of my "worthless facts and trivia knowledge."
19th century bicycles were a toy of the rich. Turn of the 20th century motor cars were still limited to the rich and bourgeois. By then rubber tires and metal framed bicycles were cheaper and more available than motorized cars. Many of the early motorized vehicles were regular bicycles with home made piston engine strapped to the frame. It wasn't until the 20's that cars became mainstream. 50's they were ubiquitous in American culture.
It's been a long time since i used bourgeois in a sentence.