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history of bikes

By cameron4hjs

  • The Walking Machine

    The Walking Machine
    In 1817 Baron von Drais invented a walking machine that would help him get around.

  • The Velocipede or Boneshaker

    The Velocipede or Boneshaker
    The next appearance of a two-wheeled riding machine was in 1865 now pedals were added on

  • The High Wheel Bicycle

    The High Wheel Bicycle
    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!

  • The High Wheel Tricycle

    The High Wheel Tricycle
    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.

  • The safer High Wheel

    The safer High Wheel
    Improvements to the high wheel began to be seen, many with the small wheel in the front to stop the tipping-forward problem.

  • The Hard-Tired Safety

    The Hard-Tired Safety
    This bike returns to the fist bike but with hard tyres for saftey.

  • The Pnuematic-Tired Safety

    The Pnuematic-Tired Safety
    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.

  • Present

    Present
    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!