Bicycle
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
The bicycle was to prove transformative. Cheaper than a horse, it freed women and young working class people to roam free. And the bike was the testing ground for countless improvements in manufacturing that would later lead to Henry Fordβs production lines. Tim Harford considers whether the bicycle has had its day, or whether itβs a technology whose best years lie ahead.
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