In 1892 two brothers opened a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio and soon turned their minds to how a flying machine might work.

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On the day he died, Kadian had taken the bicycle to a shop in Marlborough, having been told to get the brakes checked by his father.

BBC: Kadian Harding

During two days of evidence, the inquest heard the teenager had taken the bicycle to a shop close to his home in Hampshire on at least two occasions in the weeks before his death.

BBC: Kadian Harding

Mr Harding said Kadian had taken the bicycle to one bike shop near his home in Steep, Hampshire, on at least two occasions and again to a different shop on the day he died.

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For the 2, 200 local residents, it is a jealously guarded home, a place where you can leave your bicycle unlocked outside the organic coffee shop and it will still have both wheels attached when you come back a few hours later.

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The Hubway starts to get expensive after 90 minutes, so visitors wanting to do this itinerary in one go might be better off renting a bike from a local shop, such as Cambridge Bicycle, Urban Adventours in downtown or Back Bay Bicycles .

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Dusk falls and he shuts up shop, swings a leg over his battered bicycle and pedals away down the road, as reggae music drifts out from an open doorway, and a troupe of fruit bats traces lazy circles in the twilight.

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