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In 1817 Baron von Drais invented a walking machine that would help him get around.
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The next appearance of a two-wheeled riding machine was in 1865 now pedals were added on
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In 1870 the first all metal machine appeared. It has a high wheel and a small wheel. this bike was very dangerous because if you hit a stone you will go flying over the big wheel and hit the ground face first!
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When men rode the high wheel ladys started riding a tycycle with 2 big wheels at the back and a small one at the frount because their skirts wuld get causght on the high wheel.
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Improvements to the high wheel began to be seen, many with the small wheel in the front to stop the tipping-forward problem.
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This bike returns to the fist bike but with hard tyres for saftey.
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The pnuematic tire was first found to the bicycle by an Irish guy who was trying to give his young son a more comfortable ride on his tricycle.
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Now we have bikes with gears and lots of diffrent addons.
so thanks for the first bike for giving us things to hsve lots of fun on!
