FOR THE BIKE FANS
Added on: 19th Jan 2016
IMAGINE RIDING ON A WROUGHT IRON FRAME
WITH WOODEN WHEELS AND TYRES
MADE OF IRON.
KIRKPATRICK MACMILLAN, A SCOTTISH BLACKSMITH,
RECEIVED WHAT HAS BEEN LABELLED THE EARLIEST
RECORDED CYCLING TRAFFIC OFFENCE FOR KNOCKING
OVER A LITTLE GIRL. HE ALSO CLAIMED TO HAVE
INVENTED THE FIRST BICYCLE.
HE WAS FINED 5 SHILLINGS
THE FIRST MACHINE TO BE CALLED A BICYCLE, HOWEVER,
WAS THE PENNY-FARTHING, WHICH DEVELOPED OUT
OF THE FRENCH VELOCIPEDE.
THEY TYPICALLY HAD LARGER FRONT WHEELS
BECAUSE THE PEDALS WERE ATTACHED DIRECTLY
TO THE FRONT WHEEL, BICYCLE MAKERS REALIZED
THAT THE LARGER THEY MADE THAT WHEEL,
THE FARTHER YOU COULD GO WITH EACH PEDAL.
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PENNY-FARTHING COINCIDED
WITH THE BIRTH OF CYCLING AS A SPORT.
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