Definition
The term safety bicycle was used in the 1880s for any alternative to the penny-farthing, later historians began to use the term in a more restricted way, for the design that was a direct ancestor to most modern bicycles.
Diamond frame is also sometimes used as a term for safety bicycles, even though this technically only refers to a certain type of safety bicycle. The retronym upright bicycle is used to distinguish the style from recumbent bicycles.
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