velocipede

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The Mod was a mohair-buttoned masher on speed: a dedicated follower of fashion who lived for the weekend and rode a Vespa instead of a velocipede.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Bike-adjacent inventions that roll atop train tracks have been known by many different names — handcar, draisine, kalamazoo and velocipede are just a few — since they first cropped up around the 1860s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023

And between two wooden luggage carts from the late 1800s sits a railway velocipede, a three-wheeled handcar that was operated by pedals.

From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2020

Courtesy of the enormous front wheel, it was a racing machine - twice as fast as a velocipede.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2019

He hopped off the seat and skittered away to the bakery, leaving Penelope in possession of what she now suspected was a stolen velocipede.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood