BYCICLE'S HYSTORY

VELOCIPEDE
Pedals were added in 1864 in
Pierre Michaux's workshop in
Paris. These bicycles were known 1817
as improved velocipedes, or
popularly called ‘boneshakers’
for their rough ride.

THE LAUFMASCHINE
Mount Tambora eruption caused
a hunger crisis and people had
1864 to sacrifice their horses to eat. As
a result of that, Karl Drais
designed the Laufmaschine as a
transport solution

1870

PNEUMATIC TYRES

Solid rubber would replace

metal, an that progress began
PENNY FARTHING
when John Dunlop designed a
The need for speed spawned the
pneumatic tyre to be filled with
Penny Farthing in 1870, whose wheel
air in 1887.
size determined the ‘gearing’ of the
bike. The longer your leg, the higher
the ‘gear’ you could push and the
faster you could go.

1887

1930

ALUMINIUM WHEEL RIMS

It was a technological revolution INICIO GRUPO FAUGET

when Mavic replaced steel frames
Italian racing cyclist Tullio
with his Duralumin rims in the 30s
Campagnolo designed the
quick-release skewer: a steel
skewer through a hollow axle
with a nut at one end and a cam
lever at the other

1930'S
STI LEVERS
The arrival of Shimano’s STI
(Shimano Total Integration)
system in 1990 heralded one of
the most fundamental changes
in race bike design we have ever
seen.

1990

2023...

The bicycle continues to be a vehicle of independence,

enterprise and health for the developing world. Far from being
A NEW CENTURY replaced by motor vehicles, bicycles remain vital as a tool to
combat the lifestyle diseases that are making us sick and sad in
larger and larger numbers in the developed world.