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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]
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.
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In 1885, Starley made history when he produced the Rover Safety Bicycle. [8] [9] The Rover was a rear-wheel-drive, chain-driven cycle with two similar-sized wheels, making it more stable than the previous high wheeler designs. Cycling magazine said the Rover had "set the pattern to the world" and the phrase was used in their advertising for ...
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.
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 ...
An 1887 Gormully & Jeffery American Challenge bicycle at the Old Red Museum. Gormully & Jeffery started with the production of children's bicycles in 1879. They were the second bicycle manufacturer established in the United States, and the first in the Western US.
Thomas Humber (16 October 1841 – 24 November 1910) was an English engineer and cycle manufacturer who developed and patented a safety bicycle (1884) with a diamond-shaped frame and wheels of similar size. [1] It became a pattern for subsequent machines. Humber made many other improvements to bicycles.
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