as in bikes
a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars
a museum with an interesting collection of 19th-century velocipedes
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Noun
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Soichiro Honda founded his namesake company in 1946 to build motor bikes.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025 -
Particularly when those bikes are old time-capsule classics that are valuable to collectors.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the lightest teardrops meant to be pulled by cars (and not bicycles), the Kleox Shelter Travel debuted with a slightly unconventional form three years ago.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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Try a private family tour from Bike About Tours, which will outfit the whole clan with bicycles (including, if necessary, kiddie seats or tandem attachments) and team you with an English-speaking guide who has years of experience cycling around Paris with their own families.—
Elissa Garay,
AFAR Media,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Velocipedes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/velocipedes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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