Bicycle

"I want to ride my bicycle!" ~ The Royal Queens

A bicycle, also called a bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.
Bicycles are energy-efficient, pedal-driven vehicles consisting of a frame and a pair of wheels. While you are riding a bicycle, your land speed increases by 5 feet for every 10 feet of base walking speed you possess; for example, if your speed is 30 feet, your speed on a bicycle is 45 feet. If you are proficient with bicycles, your land speed increases by 5 feet for every 5 feet of base walking speed you possess; for example, if your speed is 30 feet and you are proficient with bicycles, your speed on a bicycle is 60 feet. Travelling down a downhill slope with a grade of 15 degrees or more on a bicycle only costs you 1 foot of movement for every 2 feet you travel downhill. As with other vehicles, having proficiency with bicycles allows you to add your proficiency bonus to perform stunts or control a bicycle under difficult circumstances.
The basic shape and configuration of a typical upright or "safety bicycle", has changed little since the first chain-driven model was developed around 4206 R.E.. However, many details have been improved, especially since the advent of modern materials and computer-aided design. These have allowed for a proliferation of specialized designs for many types of cycling.
The bicycle's invention has had an enormous effect on society, both in terms of culture and of advancing modern industrial methods. Several components that eventually played a key role in the development of the automobile were initially invented for use in the bicycle, including ball bearings, pneumatic tires, chain-driven sprockets and tension-spoked wheels.

Parent Technologies

• The Wheel

Inventor(s)

Blaunche Voorhees c. 4123

Access & Availability

Bicycles are a new technology in the city of Carcino, where they have recieved great praise for letting wealthy nobles travel through tight alleyways and streets that horses would have a difficult time passing through.