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Can you imagine bicycle wheels without rubber tyres? Karl Drais invented the first bicycle in 1817.The first bicycle was made of wood. There weren’t any pedals. -
By the 1860s, some bicycle tyres were made of rubber. But the rubber was very hard. -
It was a bicycle with two
wheels, but the front wheel was bigger than the back wheel. They were very popular in
England and France. They were very fast, but very dangerous. There weren’t any brakes so people could get hurt! -
John Starley changed the bicycle in 1885 with the Rover safety bicycle. This bike looked
similar to the bicycles of today! -
Dunlop’s tyres were
made of rubber, but they had a tube of air inside. These tyres made cycling more comfortable. -
Today, new materials make bikes stranger, faster and lighter than before.