Safety bicycle, the
Auteur :
Jones, Ian
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9780852638040
Date de publication :
10 nov. 2010
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,9 cm
Poids :
85 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The safety bicycle, with front-wheel steering and pedal-driven rear wheel, has existed since the experiments of Kirkpatrick Macmillan in 1839, but his ideas were forgotten when the front-wheel driven boneshakers and penny farthings reigned supreme. In the 1870s, experimental safeties appeared, culminating in Henry Lawson's Bicyclette of 1879.