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History of the bicycle

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A bike has two wheels.

Draisine or Laufmaschine, around 1820. Archetype of the Bicycle. Pic 01.jpg
Draisine or Laufmaschine, around 1820. Archetype of the Bicycle. Pic 01.jpg
You sit on it to move. You can push with your feet.
Draisine1817.jpg
Draisine1817.jpg
It helps us go fast. It is a fun way to travel. Do you like to ride a bike?

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File:1886 Swift Safety Bicycle Coventry Transport Museum.jpg
1886 Swift Safety Bicycle Coventry...
File:Draisine or Laufmaschine, around 1820. Archetype of the Bicycle. Pic 01.jpg
Draisine or Laufmaschine, around 1820....
File:Draisine1817.jpg
Draisine1817.jpg
File:Johnson-london.jpg
Johnson-london.jpg
File:bicycle two 1886.jpg
bicycle two 1886.jpg
File:Mccallvelos.jpg
Mccallvelos.jpg
File:lallement-serpentine-velocipede.gif
lallement-serpentine-velocipede.gif
File:Velocipede for Ladies.png
Velocipede for Ladies.png
File:Ordinary bicycle01.jpg
Ordinary bicycle01.jpg
File:Starley Royal Salvo Tricycle Rev.JPG
Starley Royal Salvo Tricycle Rev.JPG
File:Joseph Henry Hughes Patent-UK Patent 3531 from 1877-Bearings of bicycles and velocipedes or carriages-Drawings FIG 1 to FIG 5.png
Joseph Henry Hughes Patent-UK Patent 3531...
File:McCammon Safety Bicycle.jpg
McCammon Safety Bicycle.jpg

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