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Definition of Safety bicycle
1. Noun. Bicycle that has two wheels of equal size; pedals are connected to the rear wheel by a multiplying gear.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Safety Bicycle
Literary usage of Safety bicycle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Benjamin Vincent, Joseph Haydn (1906)
"42 sec., safety bicycle, 1897; P. Wheelock and GJ Fulford, 4 hr. 54 min. ...
22 sec., safety bicycle, 1902; AC Gray and HL Dixon, 5 hr. 17 min. 18 sec. ..."
2. Cycling by William Coutts Keppel Albemarle, George Lacy Hillier (1887)
"TANDEM safety bicycle. and elsewhere, is the Beeston Humber Tandem Safety
Bicycle (fig. 41). The principle of carrying most of the weight upon the driving ..."
3. The English Mechanic and World of Science (1885)
"In one instance the front, or steering, wheel is the larger of the two. The Pioneer
safety bicycle has also a raking fork, with bar-handle for steering ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The safety bicycle, so called, was first introduced in a practical form by JK
... Nevertheless the early winners on the safety bicycle were often old ..."
5. The English Mechanic and World of Science (1889)
"... pump, &c, Exchange for safety bicycle, Drilling Machine, or Ga» Engine to the
value of ... "Wanted safety bicycle. Exchange two Induction new, exchange, ..."
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