Wednesday, 30 July 2014

Random : 5 things you didn't know about bicycle

  1. The first two wheeled rider propelled machine was invented by Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, in France in 1818.
  2. The term “bicycle” was not introduced until the 1860s, when it was coined in France to describe a new kind of two-wheeler with a mechanical drive.
  3. The first National Bike Week was organised in 1923 by the Cyclists' Touring Club. 
  4. About 100 million bicycles are manufactured worldwide each year.
  5. Americans use their bicycles for less than one percent of all urban trips. 
 

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