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Cycling in (Slovenian) media and other publications . Baron Karl Dreis (1785-1851, Karlsruhe) invented so called “running machine” (Laufmaschine) in around 1820. Later it was known as velocipede, draisine or “dandy horse”.
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Baron Karl Dreis (1785-1851, Karlsruhe) invented so called “running machine” (Laufmaschine) in around 1820. Later it was known as velocipede, draisine or “dandy horse”.
In 1860’s Pierre Michaux (1813-1883, Paris) improved “draisine” and it became much more practical.
In 1890’s safety bicycle or Niederrad became much more popular than velociped