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How is the mechanical advantages of early bicycles different from modern day ones?
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∙ 10y ago
Real early bicycles didn't have pedals, and you'd have to kick your way forward. No mechanical advantage at all.
Slightly later bikes had pedals fixed to the wheel, which offered some sort of mechanical advantage through the circumference of the wheel and the length of the crank arms.
Then came the chain driven bikes which are fairly similar to the modern bicycle. However, with the gearing systems available today, bikes have very adjustable mechanical advantages. from far less than the early bikes to considerably more than the early bikes.
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