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Karl von Drais invented the first bicycle in 1817.The first bicycle was made of wood. -
By the 1860s, some bicycle tyres were made of rubber. But the rubberwas very hard. -
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.
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John Starley changed the bicycle in 1885 with the Rover safety bicycle. This bike lookedsimilar to the bicycles of today. They moved on two wheels of the same size.
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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
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Today, new materials make bikes stranger, faster and lighter than before.
