Why did we wait so long for the bicycle?
In 100 years will we wonder why recumbent bicycles took so long to catch on? MIT&#x27;s David Gordon Wilson, the writer of the excellent book Bicycling Science, had been advocating for recumbents as a more efficient design to replace traditional modern bicycles for decades.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.mit.edu&#x2F;2017&#x2F;mit-designer-inventor-author-bike-bible-david-gordon-wilson-on-bicycles-0725" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.mit.edu&#x2F;2017&#x2F;mit-designer-inventor-author-bike-b...</a>
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