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Celerifere
Earliest representation of a bicycle. It had to wheels and a seat, bu no pedals or steering wheel -
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Bicycles Timeline
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Draisine
https://newsdesk.si.edu/snapshot/draisine two-wheeled, wooden vehicle that was straddled and propelled by walking. Made by Karl Drais. -
Pedals
Kirkpatrick Macmillan invents levers and pedals. Allowing riders to propel the machine with their feet. -
Penny Farthing
James Starley invents the penny farthing -
Unicycle
http://www.bicyclehistory.net/bicycle-history/unicycle-history/ It is agreed that the unicycle was created after the penny farthing between 1870's and 1880s -
Portable Bike
William Grout made the first portable bike. -
Adult Tricycle
Adult tricycle was invented in the 1880's. -
John Kemp Starely
Starely invents the rover safety bicycle in England. -
Coaster brakes invented
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Duck brake is invented
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Velocar
Invented by Charles Mochet -
Schwinn
Cruiser bikes are invented and sold by Schwinn. -
1979
Joe Breeze creates the mountain bike -
Electric bike
Michael Kutter develops first pedelec. When you pedal the motor will assist the rider. -
Eric Staller
Conference bicycle was invented -
Electric Derailleurs
Maverick invents the first electric derailleurs. This switches the chain from cog to cog. -
Gears
Shimano develops electronic gears for faster shifting. -
Inflate or deflate
ADAPTRAC system is developed that inflates or deflates tires while riding.
