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200 years of the bicycle

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2017.06.23

The bicycle turns 200 this year, in fact we're only a couple of weeks away from the bicentennial of its first public use. According to Crazy Guy on a Bike, the "Laufmaschine" (running machine) made it's debut in mid July, 1817.

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