before he had bought his T Ford, used
a bicycle.
How far could he go on a bicycle at the age of 46?
It is far from his farm to this town.
In any case, the document above shows that he had
obtained the permission to ride his bicycle, here called
velocipede, in the town of Nykøping, Sweden.
More surprisingly, this was issued in November 1914 - brrrh, cold!
There were many rules to follow. One of them was
that he had to keep a metal plate at least eight cm high
on the back of the saddle with the issued number
4594 clearly showing in red numbers.
Hearing the word velocipede I immediately thought of
those really old bicycles with an enormous front wheel,
but googling around, my greatgrandfather's bicycle
probably looked like this
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