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A velocipede (/ v ə ˈ l ɒ s ə p iː d /) is a human-powered land vehicle with one or more wheels. The most common type of velocipede today is the bicycle . The term was probably first coined by Karl von Drais in French as vélocipède for the French translation of his advertising leaflet for his version of the Laufmaschine , also now called ...
Wooden dandy horse (around 1820), a patent-infringing copy of the first two-wheeler Original Laufmaschine of 1817 made to measure.. The dandy horse, an English nickname for what was first called a Laufmaschine ("running machine" in German), then a vélocipède or draisienne (in French and then English), and then a pedestrian curricle or hobby-horse, [1] or swiftwalker, [2] is a human-powered ...
Tricycle conversion sets or kits convert a bicycle to an upright tricycle. Tricycle kit can remove the front wheel and mounts two wheels under the handlebars for a quick and easy conversion. [26] The advantages of a trike conversion set include lower cost compared with new hand built tricycles and the freedom to choose almost any donor bicycle ...
Water velocipede, c. 1877 Man operating water tricycle, probably early 20th Century A Hydrobike brand hydrocycle Modern pedal catamaran with propeller drive (Germany, 1999). A hydrocycle is a bicycle-like watercraft. The concept was known in the 1870s as a water velocipede [1] and the name was in use by the late 1890s. [2]
Essentially, the velocipede was a stepping stone that created a market for bicycles that led to the development of more advanced and efficient machines. However, the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 destroyed the velocipede market in France, and the "bone-shaker" enjoyed only a brief period of popularity in the United States, which ended by 1870 ...
It was developed from Starley's Coventry Rotary Tricycle design and featured tandem seating for two. The Rudge Quadracycle of 1888 is described as the first modern practical four-wheeler. It had much lighter construction than earlier models, seated three riders in tandem and was steered by levers from the front seat.
Troopers in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment assembled in the Parade Square at Hyde Park Barracks to take part in an annual event to find the best turned out soldier and horse.
Rhoades Car, founded in 1991, is located in Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States.The company was founded by David Rhoades, and he served as its president until his death in late 2009 from heart disease at age 60.