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The 19th-century health scare that told women to worry about "bicycle face"

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The 19th-century health scare that told women to worry about "bicycle face"

This 1895 cyclist managed to avoid bicycle face.Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Once upon a time, the main danger associated with bicycling had nothing to do with being hit by a car.

Instead, some late 19th century doctors warned that — especially for women — using the newfangled contraption could lead to a threatening medical conditionbicycle face.

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What!?!? I don't understand how people could make up false maladies to impose their moral predilections onto others unlike them. That never happens.. cough... Hobby Lobby... cough..

The origin of my mother's admonitions that if I kept pouting/frowning/scowling my face would freeze that way?

Well, I'm pretty sure I have "car face." Bicycle face sounds much better.

This is true. I had a girlfriend once that had bicycle face every time she faked an orgasm.

That's what I was thinking as well!  

If my mom told me once, then she told me a million times, "don't exaggerate..."

Lisa Curcio 6.6mi said:

The origin of my mother's admonitions that if I kept pouting/frowning/scowling my face would freeze that way?

I do enjoy these random wiki articles that pop up, especially ones that point out how reaching things were in the past.  I think the bike face would have come from having to wear all that clothing!  I still don't understand that fashion or why men liked it, if my wife dressed like that I'd get bore 1/2 through undressing and just end up perusing the chainlink!

Private corporation; don't like it then change the laws, until then big government has no power in private enterprises in instances like this.  Period.


Ryan Stahlman said:

What!?!? I don't understand how people could make up false maladies to impose their moral predilections onto others unlike them. That never happens.. cough... Hobby Lobby... cough..

That lady's face in the picture looks pretty normal.  Also guessing this condition isn't the same as bikeyface.

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