The Two-Wheeled Human Mover

THE TWO-WHEELED HUMAN MOVER

By Greg Hardy

Gian Giacomo CaprottiPupil of Leonardo da Vinci

Gian Giacomo’s bicycle design

Modern interpretation

Karl Baron von Drais(April 29, 1785 – December 10, 1851)

German inventor

Invented the “hobby horse”

The Draisienne

1817

1865, Velocipede Aka The Boneshaker

Made entirely of wood, but later with metal tires

Pedals on the front wheel

Only good on indoor tracks

Eugene MeyerHigh Bike

1869

First to be called

“Bike”

Ball Bearings

Solid rubber tires

Hollow-section steel frame

Reduced weight

Fastest yet

Dangerous

Broken wrists, taking a header

Modern Day High

Bike

High Wheel Tricycle

Big Wheel Safety

Used more by “elegant gentlemen” and ladies

Only good for a quick stroll

Manufactures finally figured out safety is better then speed

Big tire in back, little tire up front

Safer then High Bike, but still fast

Modern Day

FutureDi-Cycle Amphibious (water to land)

Josef Cadek Locust Bicycle, folds for trains, busses, etc.

$30 Cardboard box Bike

100% recyable

Waterproof

Light weight

Michael Killian’s sideways bike

“For when forward is just to boring”

More Future

Backpack bike

Hyper Bike by Body Rite

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