LMB Member Profile: Highwheeling, Boneshaker Ross Hill

                  Credit: Khalid Ibrahim of Eat Pomegranate Photography The history of the bicycle goes back to 1817 in Germany when a "walking machine" was invented by Baron von Drais to survey the forests that surrounded the town in which he lived. The design issue that made this machine a success over all predecessors was the inclusion of steering for the front wheel. Without steering balance could not easily be maintained. Significant product experimentation continued for a considerable period of time but there was no commercialization until the mid-1860's when the "boneshaker" was sold by the Michaux family in Paris. This machine continued to have wooden wagon wheels with iron tires...

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