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    Bicycle History :

    Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe. By the early 21st century there were more than 1 billion bicycles.There are many more bicycles than cars. Bicycles are the principal means of transport in many regions. They also provide a popular form of recreation, and have been adapted for use as children’s toys. Bicycles are used for fitness, military and police applications, courier services, bicycle racing, and artistic cycling.

    The basic shape and configuration of a typical upright or “safety” bicycle, has changed little since the first chain-driven model was developed around 1885.However, many details have been improved, especially since the advent of modern materials and computer-aided design. These have allowed for a proliferation of specialized designs for many types of cycling. In the 21st century, electric bicycles have become popular.

    The bicycle’s invention has had an enormous effect on society, both in terms of culture and of advancing modern industrial methods. Several components that played a key role in the development of the automobile were initially invented for use in the bicycle, including ball bearings, pneumatic tires, chain-driven sprockets, and tension-spoked wheels.

    The word bicycle first appeared in English print in The Daily News in 1868, to describe “Bysicles and trysicles” on the “Champs Elysées and Bois de Boulogne”.The word was first used in 1847 in a French publication to describe an unidentified two-wheeled vehicle, possibly a carriage.The design of the bicycle was an advance on the velocipede, although the words were used with some degree of overlap for a time.

    Other words for bicycle include “bike”,[13] “pushbike”,[14] “pedal cycle”,[15] or “cycle”.[16] In Unicode, the code point for “bicycle” is 0x1F6B2. The entity 🚲 in HTML produces 🚲.

    Although bike and cycle are used interchangeably to refer mostly to two types of two-wheelers, the terms still vary across the world. In India, for example, a cycle[18] refers only to a two-wheeler using pedal power whereas the term bike is used to describe a two-wheeler using internal combustion engine or electric motors as a source of motive power instead of motorcycle/motorbike.

    The “dandy horse”,also called Draisienne or Laufmaschine (“running machine”), was the first human means of transport to use only two wheels in tandem and was invented by the German Baron Karl von Drais. It is regarded as the first bicycle and von Drais is seen as the “father of the bicycle”,but it did not have pedals. Von Drais introduced it to the public in Mannheim in 1817 and in Paris in 1818. Its rider sat astride a wooden frame supported by two in-line wheels and pushed the vehicle along with his or her feet while steering the front wheel.

    The first mechanically propelled, two-wheeled vehicle may have been built by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, in 1839, although the claim is often disputed.[30] He is also associated with the first recorded instance of a cycling traffic offense, when a Glasgow newspaper in 1842 reported an accident in which an anonymous “gentleman from Dumfries-shire… bestride a velocipede… of ingenious design” knocked over a little girl in Glasgow and was fined five shillings (equivalent to £25 in 2021).

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