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This is how they got their bicycle kicks 140 years ago
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IT was the predecessor of the Penny Farthing and was raced around
the Powderhall track almost 140 years ago by a future Lord Provost of
Edinburgh.
Now the rare velocipede bicycle, created by the Leith-based Ross
and Sleigh Cycle Company, is to go under the hammer in the Capital.
Also known as a "boneshaker" and powered by pedals on the front
wheel, the early bike was one of the first commercial pedal cycles.
William Sleigh, who built the bike with his business partner
Thomas Ross, is believed to have ridden the velocipede in a nerve-
wracking race at Powderhall Gardens racetrack in 1868. ...
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