The parts. The material. Positioning of the chains and brakes. Handlebar position. Pedal tech. Many more bikes have batteries on them.
There’s a lot of changes to bikes that putting a 1900s bike to a modern one, and it’s the difference between comparing the Wright brothers plane and a modern personal plane today.
OP is probably talking about the Rover Safety Bicycle, which is (at least) 135 years old. Modern bikes are effectively a refinement of that design.
Consider this, it’s evolved less than the modern car. You could get on an 1886 Safety and likely have no troubles riding it, maybe after a slight adjustment period with it being a fixed-wheel. That is not the case with (for example) a Model A Ford, or most other pre-WWII cars, up until stuff like the shifter, pedals and steering were standardized. Hell, up until a few decades ago, the horn was a button on the floor you’d push with your foot.
I don’t know if this counts.
The parts. The material. Positioning of the chains and brakes. Handlebar position. Pedal tech. Many more bikes have batteries on them.
There’s a lot of changes to bikes that putting a 1900s bike to a modern one, and it’s the difference between comparing the Wright brothers plane and a modern personal plane today.
OP is probably talking about the Rover Safety Bicycle, which is (at least) 135 years old. Modern bikes are effectively a refinement of that design.
Consider this, it’s evolved less than the modern car. You could get on an 1886 Safety and likely have no troubles riding it, maybe after a slight adjustment period with it being a fixed-wheel. That is not the case with (for example) a Model A Ford, or most other pre-WWII cars, up until stuff like the shifter, pedals and steering were standardized. Hell, up until a few decades ago, the horn was a button on the floor you’d push with your foot.