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2. Dan Albone - Wikipedia

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   This became very popular with sports cyclists. On 5 October 1886 George Pilkington Mills, on an Ivel Safety, achieved a world record 24-hour distance of 294.5 miles (474.0 km). [3] Albone went on to invent a tandem safety bicycle with Arthur James Wilson, [3] cycle pump clamps with Richard Tingey, and a child carrier accessory for his cycles ...

3. Swift Motor Company - Wikipedia

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   It grew progressively from James Starley's Coventry Sewing Machine Company, via bicycle and motorised cycle manufacture. The cars ranged from a single-cylinder car in 1900 using an MMC engine, through a Swift-engined twin-cylinder 7-horsepower light car in 1904, and a 3-litre model in 1913.

4. Safety bicycle - Wikipedia

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   An 1880 penny-farthing (left), and a 1886 Rover safety bicycle (right) The first bicycle to be called a "safety" was designed by the English engineer Harry John Lawson (Henry Lawson) in 1876, [6] although other bicycles which fit the description had been developed earlier, such as by Thomas Humber in 1868. [7]

5. Pope Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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   1885 Advertisement for the Columbia brand Columbia ordinary, circa 1886 "Cliff". Albert Pope started advertising imported English bicycles for sale in March 1878. His initial investment in the Pope Manufacturing Company was $3,000 (USD), or worth about $125,000 in the early 21st century.

6. Triumph Cycle - Wikipedia

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   In 1886, Bettmann sought a more general name, and the company became known as the Triumph Cycle Company. A year later, the company registered as the New Triumph Co. Ltd. , now with funding from the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company , who were interested in promoting commercial use of pneumatic bicycle tires.

7. File:1886 Swift Safety Bicycle Coventry Transport Museum.jpg

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8. History of the bicycle - Wikipedia

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   1886 Swift Safety Bicycle. Vehicles that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date back to the early 19th century. The first means of transport making use of two wheels arranged consecutively, and thus the archetype of the bicycle, was the German draisine dating back to 1817.

9. Mavic (bicycle parts company) - Wikipedia

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   Mavic CXP Elite road bicycle rim clad with Continental tyre Mavic Strada wheel (80this) Mavic is a France-based bicycle parts manufacturer, its name is an acronym for Manufacture d'Articles Vélocipédiques Idoux et Chanel. It was founded by Charles Idoux and Lucien Chanel in Lyon, France in the late 1800s. [1]