A bicycle is a vehicle with two wheels that you ride by steering with handlebars and by pedaling. The name of the modern vehicle dates from 1869.

In 1690 a Frenchman invented the celeriferek consisting of a wooden bem to which the wheels were affixed. The vehicle has not handlebar, the rider sat on a cusion on the beam and propelled and steered the machine by pushing his or her feet against the ground. In 1816 a German noblemen designed the first two-wheeled vehicle with a steering device. This machine named the draisine (after the inventor), had a handlebar that pivoted on the frame, enabling the front wheel to be turned. Improvements were later developed by French, German, and British inventors. In England these early models were known as hobbyhourses; the name dandy horse was applied particularly to the expensisve pedestrian curricle, invented in 1818. The curricle was lighter in weight than the draisin and had an adjusted saddle and elbow rest. It was patented in the......

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Title: A Bicycle
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