1900 Facile Bicycle
edited by David Barth, 6 June 2011.
Courtesy The Forney Museum of Transportation at 4303 Brighton Blvd., Denver,
Colorado 80216. Photos were taken in June 2011.
This bicycle is called a "facile" (facile means "easy" in French) because of the pedal arrangement. The pedals move up-and-down, transmitting power through pulleys and cables to the hub,
instead of going around in a circular pattern.
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