Full circle?

A touch more "Plus ca change" I'm afraid.
We were idly wandering the streets of Penrith when I saw these 2 parked outside the "Health-food" shop. The wooden one clearly labelled "LIKE  BIKE".

"Yup," I thought "but not very like a bike. Unless you go back to the early 1800s:-
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/storydetail.php?irn=466