FOR THE BIKE ENTHUSIASTS
Added on: 18th Nov 2015
FIRST INTRODUCED IN THE 1800’S IN EUROPE, TODAY OVER
1 MILLION BIKES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED
THAT'S TWICE AS MANY AS THE NUMBER OF CARS
THAT HAVE EVER BEEN MANUFACTURED
IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, BIKES ARE THE
PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
THE PRECURSOR TO THE BIKE WAS THE DANDY HORSE,
A BIKE LOOKING VEHICLE THAT REQUIRED THE RIDER
TO PUSH WITH HIS OR HER FEET
IT WAS INTRODUCED IN GERMANY AND FRANCE IN 1817
FOLLOWING THIS, FRENCHMEN PIERRE MICHAUX AND
PIERRE LALLEMENT DECIDED TO PUT A CRANK DRIVE
WITH PEDALS ON THE DANDY HORSE
THIS CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE VELOCIPEDE
THE FIRST VELOCIPEDES WERE NICKNAMED
BONESHAKERS
THEY GOT THAT NAME BECAUSE THE RIDE WAS SO
UNCOMFORTABLE
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