It's that time of the year once more in Australia: National Ride2Work Day (Wednesday 16 October 2019). In celebration of pedal power, here's a tour of some weird and wacky cycling patents:
One wheeled vehicle (US patent 325,548)
Aerial bicycle (US patent 563,793)
Rowing bicycle (US patent 642,544)
Double bicycle for looping the loop (US patent 790,063)
Exercising device for water use (US patent 4,241,688)
Mowing apparatus adapted to be towed by a pedal-operated vehicle and the like (US patent 5,410,864)
Apparatus for harnessing wind to drive a bicycle (US patent 6,932,368)
Body-connected bike (US patent 6,805,657)
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