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  2. 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.

  3. Kirkpatrick Macmillan - Wikipedia

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    According to the research of his relative James Johnston in the 1890s, Macmillan was the first to invent the pedal-driven bicycle. [1] [2] However, he didn't invent the modern bicycle pedals but rather adapted the treadle, known since the Middle Ages, to the draisine. Johnston, a corn trader and tricyclist, had the firm aim, in his own words ...

  4. Penny-farthing - Wikipedia

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    The penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary, is an early type of bicycle. [1] It was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, with its large front wheel providing high speeds, owing to it travelling a large distance for every rotation of the wheel.

  5. Wooden bicycle - Wikipedia

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    A modern wood Bough bike Sporty in Utrecht at the Oudegracht. Modern wood balance bicycles. A wooden bicycle is a bicycle constructed either mostly, or entirely from wood. [1] [2] Wood was the material used in the earliest bicycles, and is also used by modern builders, especially in balance bicycles for children.

  6. Velocipede - Wikipedia

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    It was almost 40 years until "velocipede" came into common usage as a generic term, with the launch of the first pedal-equipped bicycle, developed by Pierre Michaux, Pierre Lallement and the Olivier brothers in the 1860s. The Michaux company was the first to mass-produce the velocipede, from 1857 to 1871. That French design was sometimes called ...

  7. Pierre Michaux - Wikipedia

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    Pierre Michaux (June 25, 1813 – January 10, [1] 1883) was a blacksmith who furnished parts for the carriage trade in Paris during the 1850s and 1860s. He may have become the inventor of the bicycle when he added pedals to a draisine to form the Michaudine velocipede , the forerunner of the modern bicycle.

  8. Bicycle - Wikipedia

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    A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A bicycle rider is called a cyclist, or bicyclist. Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe. By the early 21st century there were more ...

  9. American Bicycle Company - Wikipedia

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    The Overman Wheel Company, founded 1882, was the first manufacturer of a safer bicycle in the United States: the design came to be known as a safety bicycle in the United States, in their factory complex in Chicopee, Massachusetts. [2] During the 1880s there was great demand for bicycles because of the advancements in safety and design.

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