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@CaylaCatz · 8/1/2026
Ok folks, only 48 hours left on this theme so hop aboard. Parisian Léon Lyon invented the 1889 "giraffe bicycle", the name he wrote on the blueprints due to its ultra-tall, neck-like frame. It is the world's first documented "tall bike." The city of Lyon, France, funded the project and insisted on naming it the Eiffel Tower bicycle due to the recently finished Parisian iconic landmark. Built specifically to win a design wager at the Great Bicycle Parade of Paris, this bicycle was 10ft/3m high and required people to hold it so the rider could climb up the frame to the seat. However once on the seat, it's totally rideable. The bicycle toured the world and Léon Lyon built a 19ft/5.8m model for an 1898 Saratoga Floral Fete and Battle of the Flowers parade in upstate New York

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jmn
Ridable, yes. Stoppable is another matter entirely😂