It connects the book’s central ideas about bicycle innovators. It offers an example of how the American media portrayed bicycles. It provides insight about safety improvements made to the bicycle. It emphasizes the need for changing laws to accommodate bike riders.
It offers an example of how the American media portrayed bicycles.
Answer: Option B.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The book that has been talked about in the question talks about the bicycles that have been made in the United States of America. The media has played a very important role in telling how the bicycles were in the United States of America.
The media portrayed to the people living in the economy of the United States how the bicycles were and the uses of the bicycles and it's importance.
The transition word in this passage is "but." Transition words (or phrases) connect ideas in writing, helping the writer follow a train of thought. They ease the transition between different statements, and when used properly, make reading easier. In this case, Janeczko brings the reader along from noting a state of peace between two factions to remembering that the peace did not eradicate suspicion.