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Bicycle

By gracekelly

  • Two wheels in Tandem

    invented by the German Baron Karl von Drais. It is regarded as the modern bicycle's forerunner; Drais introduced it to the public in Mannheim in summer 1817 and in Paris in 1818.

  • Modifying

    In the early 1860s, Frenchmen Pierre Michaux and Pierre Lallement took bicycle design in a new direction by adding a mechanical crank drive with pedals on an enlarged front wheel (the velocipede). This was the first in mass production. everal inventions followed using rear-wheel drive, the best known being the rod-driven velocipede by Scotsman Thomas McCall in 1869. In that same year, bicycle wheels with wire spokes were patented by Eugène Meyer of Paris

  • First Cycle Factory

    In 1868 Rowley Turner, a sales agent of the Coventry Sewing Machine Company (which soon became the Coventry Machinists Company), brought a Michaux cycle to Coventry, England. His uncle, Josiah Turner, and business partner James Starley, used this as a basis for the 'Coventry Model' in what became Britain's first cycle factory

  • Modern Bicycle

    Starley's 1885 Rover, manufactured in Coventry is usually described as the first recognizably modern bicycle. Soon the seat tube was added, creating the modern bike's double-triangle diamond frame.

  • Tires

    Pnuematic tires: Invented by John Boyd Dunlop, Ireland; Develops air-filled tires that provide a smoother ride than the previously used hard-rubber tires.

  • Women

    The bicycle craze in the 1890s also led to a movement for so-called rational dress, which helped liberate women from corsets and ankle-length skirts and other restrictive garments, substituting the then-shocking bloomers

  • Kids Bicycles

    Kid's bicycles become popular.

  • Kickstand

    Built-in kickstands developed.

  • Racing

    Racing bicycles become popular and feature dropped handlebars, narrow tires, numerous speeds and a lighter frame.

  • Benefits

    One of the profound economic implications of bicycle use is that it liberates the user from oil consumption.The bicycle is an inexpensive, fast, healthy and environmentally friendly mode of transport.

  • Sports

    Spurred by mountain biking and extreme sports, mountain bicycles become a popular consumer item and feature sturdier frames, larger wheels and flat handlebars.

  • Olympics

    Mountain bicycles appear in the Olympics.

  • e-bikes

    Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries become one of the first widely used lithium batteries on e-bikes

  • Electronic Gears

    International manufacturer Shimano develops electronic gears that allow for faster shifting.

  • ADAPTRAC

    Adaptrac invents a system allowing the rider to individually adjust tire pressure while riding. Through a system of carbon dioxide cartridges, this allows riders to maintain optimum traction when riding conditions change.

  • Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide Batteries

    Otherwise known as NMC batteries, this is a newer type of lithium battery that starts becoming popular with electric bicycles around 2013-2014. NMC delivers higher power in a smaller package than previous models.