Chronicles of Primitive Civilization
Chapter 731

Beloved Pedals

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Hearing the Chieftain's introduction, the surrounding farmers grew excited. With a carrying capacity of four to six hundred jin and room for four or five people at a time, it was more than enough for their daily needs. Most importantly, the Chieftain had said that these tricycles were easy to learn, and many of them immediately started thinking about trying one out.

Luo Chong casually selected a few people to test the vehicles, and they began riding around on the open ground in front of the dock.

Tricycles were actually very easy to ride. With at least three points of support, as long as one did not make a sharp turn, it was basically impossible to overturn.

However, in his previous life, Luo Chong had seen plenty of people claim that tricycles were difficult to ride. Whenever these people got on one, it would veer uncontrollably to one side, and they simply could not ride in a straight line.

This actually had little to do with tricycles. Based on his own observations and judgment, Luo Chong had eventually concluded that people who learned to ride a tricycle first and then rode bicycles had no trouble with either vehicle. But those who learned to ride a bicycle first and then tried a tricycle would veer to one side and be unable to ride straight.

He could not figure out the principle behind it, but this rule applied to most people.

The people of the Han Tribe were undoubtedly seeing bicycles for the first time, so they encountered no difficulties when riding the tricycles. Once they got on, they only had to pedal for the vehicle to move.

The direction was controlled by turning the handlebars, which was even easier than driving a livestock-drawn cart. The lever-and-iron-bar transmission handbrake installed on the

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