The FIRST Safety Bicycle?
The Meyer-Guilmet Bicyclette
Though it never saw production, this chain drive, and nearly equal-sized-wheels bicycle, predates HJ Lawson’s chain drive and JK Starley’s Rover by at least a decade or more
History of the machine HERE
Bicycles[edit]
Chain drive was the main feature which differentiated the safety bicycle introduced in 1885, with its two equal-sized wheels, from the direct-drive penny-farthing or “high wheeler” type of bicycle. The popularity of the chain-driven safety bicycle brought about the demise of the penny-farthing, and is still a basic feature of bicycle design today.
From Wikipedia
(Attempted to post this in Articles, but somehow it wound up here)
Might be of some interest to someone?
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Yes chain drive, diamond frame. wheel size and the development of the pneumatic tyre allowed a whole generation to experience mobility unknown to previous ones.
Absolutely!
The development of the bicycle is an incredible story.
Below is a long but fascinating tour of the bicycle museum in Nijmegen, Netherlands
It is incredible the number of inventions that attempted to improve human powered transport,
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=velorama+bicycle+museum&&view=detail&mid=10C44DACF540843677D510C44DACF540843677D5&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dvelorama%2520bicycle%2520museum%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBVR%26%3D%2525eManage%2520Your%2520Search%2520History%2525E%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Dvelorama%2520bicycle%2520mus%26sc%3D0-20%26sk%3D%26cvid%3D17E109D56C2B4342A0442AD35EB40D0E%26ghsh%3D0%26ghacc%3D0%26ghpl%3D%26ajf%3D70
Was a big jump from the penny farthing to the safety bike. I think Da Vinci had plans with equal sized wheels
Good to see you! Hope you are enjoying your summer cycling!
That is quite a complex, convoluted, and confusing story about the Da Vinci bicycle!