Modern Cycling History

The first real bicycle design that we can prove exists was designed by a Frenchmen named Elie Richard who planned as early as 1690 to make a wooden two wheeler. He never actually made the bike and it was not until about 100 years later when another Frenchman named Comte de Sivrac invented and marketed the first popular bike. His machine was incredibly popular because it was cheap and was much faster than walking but it was not exactly a refined bicycle.

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