Episode 65: The Baird Brothers and Their Bicycles - The Charleston Time Machine
Charleston Time Machine - A podcast by Nic Butler, Ph.D. - Fridays
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The first bicycles appeared on the streets of Charleston in the spring of 1869, at which time the machine was general called a “velocipede,” after the Latin roots “veloci” (fast) + “pede” (feet). For about six months after the first velocipedestrian rolled through the streets of Charleston, the city experienced a case of bicycle fever.