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		mikestew on Sept 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Rise of the Electric Scooter One looks like a complete idiot riding an 1880s highwheel bicycle (well, in the 1880s for sure, at least). Bicycles still caught on. -- Owner of an 1886 Columbia bicycle and 2019 Boosted Rev scooter

whenchamenia on Sept 12, 2019 [–]

To use your own example, bicycles only caught on once they started looking reasonable. The huge front wheel on pennys was a huge damper to adoption.

6gvONxR4sf7o on Sept 13, 2019 | [–]

Or is it that the modern version of a bike looks reasonable to you because it caught on and you grew up with it?

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