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The Huffy Corporation is the largest manufacturer of bicycles in the world. Through the years, the company has manufactured other products, including lawnmowers and children's car seats, but its primary product has been bicycles. more »
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The memories of the days of whipping around your sidewalks and loving the feel of the pedals, racing the neighbor or you dad down the street on... more »
A bicycle, also known as a bike, push bike or cycle, is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist or a bicyclist.
Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century and now number about one billion worldwide, twice as many as automobiles.DidYouKnow.cd. Retrieved 30 July 2006. They are the principal means of transportation in many regions. They also provide a popular form of recreation, and have been adapted for such uses as childrens toys, adult fitness, military and police applications, courier services, and competitive sports.
The basic shape and configuration of a typical bicycle has changed little since the first chain-driven model was developed around 1885."herlihy"> Many details have been improved, especially since the advent of modern materials and computer-aided design. These have allowed for a proliferation of specialized designs for particular types of cycling.
The invention of the bicycle has had an enormous impact on society, both in terms of culture and of advancing modern industrial methods. Several components that eventually played a key role in the development of the automobile were originally invented for the bicycle – e.g., ball bearings, pneumatic tires, chain-driven sprockets, spoke-tensioned wheels, etc.
History
Multiple innovators contributed to the history of the bicycle by developing precursor human-powered vehicles. The documented ancestors of todays modern bicycle were known as draisines, hobby horses, or push bikes (and modern bicycles are sometimes still called push bikes outside of North America). Being the first human means of transport to make use of the two-wheeler principle, the draisine (or Laufmaschine, "running machine"), invented by the German Baron Karl von Drais, is regarded as the forerunner of the modern bicycle. It was introduced by Drais to the public in Mannheim in summer 1817 and read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle
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