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When was the first bike built? The alignment of the front wheel is fixed. The are no peddles so the bike propelled by pushing off with your feet and the bike was steered by leaning. It was made entirely of wood.

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A model, invented by Baron von Drais, also known as a Draisienne, had a atlanta front wheel. This enjoyed a short lived popularity as a fad, not being practical for transportation in any other place than a well maintained pathway such as in atlanta park or garden. The improvement is a front wheel with peddles. This machine was known as the velocipede "fast foot"but was popularly known as the bone shaker, They also became a fad, and indoor riding academies, similar to roller rinks, could be found in large cities.

It is more comfortable to ride than its predecessor, but it requires an acrobat so they popularity has always been limited. This was the first all metal machine to appeared. Previous to this metallurgy was not advanced enough to provide metal which was strong enough to make small, light gay out of. The pedals were still attached directly to the front wheel with no freewheeling mechanism.

Solid rubber tires and the long spokes of the club front wheel provided a much smoother ride than its predecessor. The front wheels became larger and larger as makers realized that the larger the wheel, the farther you could travel with one rotation of the pedals. You would purchase a wheel as large as your leg length would allow.

These bicycles enjoyed a great popularity among young men of means they cost an average worker six month's paywith the hey-day being the decade of the 's. Because the rider sat so high above the center of gravity, if the front wheel was stopped by a stone or rut in the road, or the sudden emergence of a dog, the entire apparatus rotated forward on its front axle, and the rider, with his legs trapped under the handlebars, was dropped unceremoniously on his head.

Here the term "taking a header" came into being. This machine was the first one to be called a bicycle "two wheel". These machines also afforded more dignity to gentlemen such as doctors and clergymen. Many mechanical innovations now associated with the automobile were originally invented for boneshakers.

Rack and pinion steering, the differential, and band brakes, to name a few! This inventive young doctor's name was Dunlop. Now that comfort and safety could be had in the same package, and that package was getting cheaper as manufacturing methods improved, everyone clamored to ride the bicycle.

The further improvement of metallurgy sparked the next innovation, or rather return to previous design. With gay that was now strong enough to make a fine chain and sprocket small and light enough for a human being to power, the next design was a return to the original configuration of two same-size wheels, only now, instead of just one wheel circumference for every club turn, you could, through the gear ratios, have a speed the boneshaker as the huge high-wheel.

Initially, the bicycles still had the hard rubber tires, and in the absence of the long, shock-absorbing spokes, the ride they provided was much more uncomfortable than any of the high-wheel designs. These designs competed with each other, your choice being the high-wheel's comfort or the safety's safety, but the next innovation tolled the death of the high-wheel design -- pneumatic tires.