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The first bicycle we was made of wood. There weren’t any pedals. -
By the 1860s, some bicycle tyres were made of rubber. But the rubber
was very hard. -
In 1871, Eugène Meyer invented the “high wheel bicycle”. It was a bicycle with two
wheels, but the front wheel was bigger than the back wheel. -
John Starley changed the bicycle in 1885 with the Rover safety bicycle. -
In 1888, John Dunlop invented a type of tyre for his son’s bicycle. -
Today, new materials make bikes stranger, faster and lighter than before.