History of old bicycles began in Europe. Around the year 1790, a first bike was built in England. The embryo of this bike is named Hobby Horses and Celeriferes.
Both have not had the mechanisms of today's bicycles, steering rods and pedal systems. There are only two wheels on a wooden frame. Can be imagined, how awkward and big the two bikes.
Even so, they help enough people - in those days - to walk. The phenomenal discovery in the story of the bike past was created thanks to Baron Karl Von Drais.
Von Drais who was listed as a mathematics and mechanics student in Heidelberg, Germany successfully made an important breakthrough, which turned out to be the foundation layers of the next bike development.
By Von Drais, Hobby Horse is modified to have a steering mechanism on the front wheel.
By taking power from both legs, Von Drais was able to glide faster while walking around the garden. He himself calls this vehicle by name, Draisienne. The story itself was published in a local German newspaper in 1817.
By Von Drais, Hobby Horse is modified to have a steering mechanism on the front wheels that turns out to be the foundation of the next bike development.
By taking power from both legs, Von Drais was able to glide faster.
The next process of creation is done by Kirkpatrick Macmillan. In 1839, he added a driving rod that connected the rear wheel with the Draisienne front tire.
To run it, just paddle on. Hobby Horses as well as Celeriferes, have not had the mechanisms of today's bicycles, steering rods and pedal systems. There are only two wheels on a wooden frame.
Until finally, James Starley's niece, John Kemp Starley found the solution. He created a safer bike to be ridden by anyone in 1886.
This bike already has a chain to drive the rear wheels and the size of both wheels the same.
But the discovery was not less important by John Boyd Dunlop in 1888.
Dunlop managed to find a bicycle tire technology that can be filled with wind (pneumatic tire).
From here, the early progress of the bike is rapidly. Various forms of bikes have been created. As is known later, the bike becomes an exciting vehicle.
James Starley started building bicycles in England in 1870. He produced a bike with a very large front wheel (high wheel bicycle) while the rear wheels are very small.
This type of bike is very popular throughout Europe. Because Starley managed to make a breakthrough by creating a wheel of a radius and a cross-tangent method.
Until now both technologies are still used. Buntutnya, bikes become lighter to paddle.
Unfortunately, the bike with big wheels that have many shortcomings. This becomes a dilemma for people of small size and women. Because the position of the pedal and upholstery are high enough, they complain of difficulty to drive it.
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