Um,you're not going to mention the Imperial Army and their use of bicycles in the Siege of Singapore? We're talking about Thousands and thousands of bicycles. The Japanese came pouring through the jungles with alarming speed without the Brits ever noticing. The besieged British turned their coastal guns around and bombarded the Japanese attack, but it accomplished nothing. They were designed to punch holes in ships, not repel a gigantic militarized Tour De France moving in the jungle...