▲ 250 ▼ TIL in 1896 a rubber tire company built an eleven-foot tall, 1,500 pound tricycle, powered by eight men to advertise its products. (vintagenewsdaily.com) submitted 6 days ago by DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments Riding Giant Mechanical Tricycles, 1896
[–] user1234@fedinsfw.app 13 points 6 days ago (1 child) Michelin just wrote a guidebook to get people to travel more and use more tires. Probably a better strategy in the long run. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 9 hours ago Hindsight is 20/20. For all they knew everyone would be riding around in huge tricycles... I see you point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 9 hours ago Hindsight is 20/20. For all they knew everyone would be riding around in huge tricycles... I see you point. permalink fedilink source parent