bicycle

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Often commonly referred to as a "bike," the bicycle is a two-wheeled, man-powered mode of transportation that became popular as both entertainment and exercise in the late nineteenth century.

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"Lorenzo Bird and his recovered bicycle following theft, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1982," photograph by Michael Heller,The Santa Fe New Mexican Collection (HP.2014.14.129).

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