The Chanute Daily Tribune, Kansas, July 26, 1895

Maud of Wales and Princess Margaret of Connaught were in the forefront of the bicycle riding movement for ladies, rather scandalous at it’s beginning, which bloomed after a new type of bicycle, the “safety” bicycle, came to market. It was called the “safety” because it’s front tire  was almost always the same size as it’s back tire and it’s seat lower was to the ground; much more like today’s bicycle than the then-popular “penny-farthing’s”, with their large front wheels and up-high seats which could lead to a lofty tumble.

Princess Maud, after being seen on a “safety” in public, was said to have told the disapproving Queen Victoria, “But grandmother, everyone knows that I have legs!”