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The bicycle has had an impact over time on travel, fashion, and even marriage, says historian David Ortiz.<\/p>\n

The earliest bicycle design, called the “ordinary,” “penny farthing,” or “hi-boy,” was very tall with a disproportionately large front wheel. The introduction of the “safety” design seen in modern bicycles made riding more accessible beginning in the 1890s.<\/p>\n

Ortiz, associate professor at the University of Arizona, is an avid cyclist, biking 28 miles roundtrip to work during the school year and logging as many as 200 miles a week during the summer months. He competes year-round in cycling events, and in 2017, completed a 73-day solo ride from Oregon to Virginia along the TransAmerica Bike Trail.<\/p>\n

That same year, he also launched a course that combines history and cycling: “Perpetual Revolutions: A History of the Bicycle.”<\/p>\n

With World Bicycle Day just around the corner on June 3, Ortiz offers his take on bicycle history:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The bicycle has had an impact over time on travel, fashion, and even marriage, says […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1362,"featured_media":2074822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[1005,235,351,161,3277],"class_list":["post-2074792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-society-culture","tag-exercise","tag-gender","tag-history","tag-sustainability","tag-transportation","post_format-post-format-quote","university-university-of-arizona"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow the bicycle shifted labor, technology, and marriage - 糖心视频<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Historian David Ortiz explains how the bicycle reshaped culture around the world and suggests it could do so again soon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/bicycle-history-2074792-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How the bicycle shifted labor, technology, and marriage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Historian David Ortiz explains how the bicycle reshaped culture around the world and suggests it could do so again soon.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/bicycle-history-2074792-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"糖心视频\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/糖心视频\/143906865226\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-30T15:36:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bicycle_women_1600.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"915\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alexis Blue-U. 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