A closer look
Victorian society considered bicycles a bizarre and dangerous menace to pedestrians when they first became popular, leading many cities to pass strict laws banning them from sidewalks; decades before cars turned streets into high-speed death zones, the humble penny-farthing was the ultimate urban terror, but today, we have completely reversed the dynamic, forcing cyclists into tiny painted gutters where they must constantly pray that a distracted driver in a three-ton SUV does not suddenly merge, showcasing a beautiful evolution from fearing slow metal wheels to throwing anyone not wrapped in a steel cage to the wolves
