Bicycles

Invention of the Bicycle

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The Earliest Bicycle - 1790
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The celerifere - one of the earliest bike prototypes - had no pedals or

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steering.
The first contraption that can realistically be said resembles a bicycle
was constructed around 1790 by Comte Mede de Sivrac of France.
Called a celerifere, it was a wooden scooter-like device with no pedals
or steering. A similar model, improved with a steering mechanism
attached to the front wheel, was created in 1816 by German Baron
Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun. He called it a Draisienne, after himself,
though popular parlance also dubbed it the hobby horse.

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 Bicycles
Written by Lola M. Schaefer
 Bicycles
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 Bicycles
Written by Lola M. Schaefer
 Bicycles
Written by Lola M. Schaefer
 Bicycles
Written by Lola M. Schaefer