Past tense of bicycle; traveled on a bicycle or rode a bike.
From bicycle (bi- + cycle, from Greek kyklos, wheel) + -ed (past tense suffix). The sport and pastime of cycling was formalized in the 1880s-90s.
The bicycle was basically the first cheap, individual transportation that didn't require animals or infrastructure—when the 'safety bicycle' was invented in the 1880s, it sparked a transportation revolution and genuinely transformed gender equality by letting women travel independently.
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