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A unicycle is a vehicle that ... and one of the longest running acts in Ringling Bros history ... (group, pairs, individual, standard skill Archived 2008-05-09 at the ...
The earliest usable and much-copied velocipede was created by the German Karl Drais and called a Laufmaschine (German for "running machine"), which he first rode on June 12, 1817. He obtained a patent in January 1818.
Drais invented his Laufmaschine (German for "running machine") in 1817, that was called Draisine (English) or draisienne (French) by the press. Karl von Drais patented this design in 1818, which was the first commercially successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine, commonly called a velocipede , and nicknamed hobby-horse or ...
In March 2010, he filed a provisional patent for Solowheel, a self-balancing electric unicycle, [19] using a gyroscopic sensors to balance the unit in the direction of travel. The Solowheel won numerous awards including 2011 ISPO Bike BrandNew finalist in Munich, Germany and 2012 INPEX Invention Trade Show first runner-up in Pittsburgh ...
A monowheel rider in the 2011 Doo Dah Parade, Columbus, Ohio Hemmings' Unicycle, or "Flying Yankee Velocipede", was a hand-powered monowheel patented in 1869 by Richard C. Hemmings. [1] 1931 Cislaghi Motoruota monowheel, modified by Giuseppe Govetosa. A monowheel or uniwheel is a type of one-wheeled, single-track vehicle.
On October 10, 2008, Jan Logemann was the first to break the record with a Schlumpf geared 36" unicycle. Since then, all records have been broken with a 36" unicycle geared with a Schlumpf hub. On September 18, 2009, Ken Looi improved the record by over 2.4 km, just 7 meters short of the 30 km mark.
James Starley (21 April 1830 – 17 June 1881) [1] was an English inventor and father of the bicycle industry.He was one of the most innovative and successful builders of bicycles and tricycles.
This period in Schwinn's history plays a cameo role in a novel by Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King (2012). [58] Seeking to increase its brand recognition, Schwinn established additional company-operated shops, a move that alienated existing independent bike retailers in cities where the company stores had opened.