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Originally Posted by flecc
No I never did, though I was aware of how tough they are to pedal. That's the trouble with pedal power for general purposes, fine for minutes, crippling for hours. I even find treadles like those on a branch spring craft lathe or early sewing machine heavy weather for any length of time. Strange how much easier actual cycling is.
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not a lot to do with cycling..my Grandmother born1889 worked in a London Sweat shop at age 11 sewing buttons on shirts for the Boer War boys, pay was 6 pence a gross,
yet the treadle machines were capeable of that sort of sophistication,finely crafted..used by human robots...but she taught me to ride a bike when I was about 7. by showing me (button sided boots no less .I remember asking when she had a bike..she said never but it was easier than a treadle .