Question

Explanation of mulga bill bicycle

Answer 1

Mulga Bill's Bicycle narrates the comical experience of a jaunty young man from the Australian Outback who buys a shiny new bicycle and boasts that he is such an outstanding horseman that he can ride this newfangled machine with ease. But, as the poem relates, he is in for the ride of his life.
The obvious reason Mulga Bill had so much difficulty riding his bike was that riding a bike is not the same as riding a horse. You need to know how to balance, steer and stop a bike, which is totally different from that on a horse.

Now, Mulga also didn't know how to stop a bike. There were no reins for him to pull back on like on a horse. Besides most bicycles at the time didn't even have hand operated brakes. They only had reverse-pedal brakes, that is, you pushed the pedals backward to stop the rear wheel. This didn't usually work too well, in which case you jumped off the bike to stop it.

So, it's no wonder that jaunty Mulga Bill was in for the ride of his life.