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I have formed a pet theory that wheeled luggage was dependent on the invention of roller blades.
by krallja 7y ago
I have formed a pet theory that wheeled luggage was dependent on the invention of roller blades.
- analog31 7y agoI was going to comment on the same thing. There were no decent small wheels until Rollerblades came along with their molded polypropylene wheels and ball bearings. Skateboard wheels were a similar technology, but not as easy to mount on things. There's an album cover from the late 50s of bassist Paul Chambers rolling has bass down the sidewalk with a wheel on the bottom of his bass.