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Kōrero: Bicycles

Safety bicycles

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Safety bicycles

A new type of bicycle appeared in the late 1880s. The safety bicycle became the standard cycle for almost a century. It was relatively small and comfortable to ride, and much more suitable for women and children than the velocipede or the penny-farthing. This stand of safety bicycles is at the Nelson Trade Show in 1901.

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Nelson Provincial Museum, Daroux Collection

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Jamie Mackay, Bicycles – Types of bicycles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23419/safety-bicycles (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jamie Mackay, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.