What We Thought This Decade Would Be Like Vs. Reality

Flying Bicycles Would Be Hipper Than A Fixed Gear

Why set your sights on a flying car when you could ride a flying bicycle around town? In 1909, this was a legitimate prediction by Jules Bois (who The New York Times hailed as a “mystic” and “litterateur.” He claimed that “a kind of flying bicycle will have been invented which will enable everybody to traverse the air at will, far above the earth.” I’m not sure if we need to tell you that even if flying bicycles exist, hardly anyone is flying them. Though Up may have been inspiring (all those balloons could lift a house!), it’s just not as practical as using a car.