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What is a boneshaker?

What is a boneshaker? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
  2. Something jolty.
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There was a rapid growth in the size of the front wheel, which in the boneshaker normally measured 36 or 38 in.
Even in the days of the boneshaker, the introduction of ball bearings and other developments, such as improved materials and design details, made for continued evolution.
A cleaned up adaptation of a Steinbeck novel, this centres on Sweetheart, a boneshaker of a bus rattling over the 'washboard roads' of Southern California.
Away from the crystal waters, my little ones love the open, boneshaker cable car ride to the 1,019m summit of Monte Capanne, for views as far as Corsica and right up the Tuscan coast.
By 1863, attaching cranks and pedals to the front wheel of the hobby horse had produced the velocipede, commonly known as the boneshaker.
Despite its lowered and stiffened suspension, low profile tyres and 19in wheels the Audi is no boneshaker.

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