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In 1817 the bicycle was invented with bicycle wheels and without rubber tires. The first bicycle was made of wood and had no pedals and cycling was very uncomfortable.
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The first bicycle was made of wood. There weren’t any pedals. Cycling was very uncomfortable. By the 1860s, some bicycle tyres were made of rubber. But the rubber was very hard.
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In 1871, Eugène Meyer invented the “high wheel bicycle”. 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. -
John Starley changed the bicycle in 1885 with the Rover safety bicycle. This bike looked
similar to the bicycles of today. They moved on two wheels of the same size. A low
seat between the wheels made the bike easier to ride. -
In 1888, John Dunlop invented a type of tyre for his son’s bicycle. Dunlop’s tyres were
made of rubber, but they had a tube of air inside. These tyres made cycling more
comfortable. -
New materials make bikes stranger, faster and lighter than before.
