About Bicycles

Bicycle were invented in France in the 1790s. The first bikes were made of wood, had a front wheel that didn't move from left to right, and didn't have pedals. In 1817, a steerable front wheel was developed by Baron Karon Karl von Drais in Germany, and in 1839, the first pedals were introduced by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a blacksmith from scotland. The first bikes had large front wheels because it was believed that the bigger the front wheel, the faster the bike.