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Added on: 19th Jan 2016

 

IMAGINE RIDING ON A WROUGHT IRON FRAME

WITH WOODEN WHEELS AND TYRES

MADE OF IRON.

Imagine ride on a wrought iron frame with wooden wheels and tires made of iron. You'd understand the pain.

 

 

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.

Around this time Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, received what has been labeled 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

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.

The first machine to be called a bicycle was the penny-farthing, which developed out of the French velocipede

 

 

THEY TYPICALLY HAD LARGER FRONT WHEELS

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.

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.

The introduction of the penny-farthing coincided with the birth of cycling as a sport

 


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