The first bicycle ever made was constructed out of wood in 1817.
There are several other early, but unverified, claims to the bicycle invention, but the Draisine, designed by Baron Karl von Drais in 1816 is the earliest verified invention. Note that it require...
The first bicycle ever made was constructed out of wood in 1817.
There are several other early, but unverified, claims to the bicycle invention, but the Draisine, designed by Baron Karl von Drais in 1816 is the earliest verified invention.
Note that it required the rider to use their feet to propel themselves forward and break (very Flintstone's like).
The first "Modern" Bicycle is believed to have been built by a Scottish blacksmith, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, in 1839.
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