| Most of us got one when we were kids.
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| | bike ride. Bicycle sales started to go
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| Five years old seems about the age when
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| | down. By the 1940s, the bicycle, which
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| kids are ready for their first ride.
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| | started out as an adult form of
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| Getting your first bike is really a time
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| | transportation, was now being viewed as a
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| of excitement. Most kids probably had
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| | toy for kids. The bicycle fell on hard
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| training wheels on their first bike,
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| | times until the 1960s when people had a
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| these were used to keep the bike from
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| | renewed interest in their health and in
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| falling down, while the kid was still on
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| | the environment. Bicycle sales in the US
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| it. That was the trick with the bicycle,
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| | really went up after the oil crisis in
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| before you could learn to ride, you had
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| | 1973. In the years to follow, we began
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| to learn how to not fall off the seat.
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| | to see more innovations with the bike;
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| Once you learned how to ride, having your
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| | these included higher performing bikes
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| bike became a very liberating experience.
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| | and gears that went from 3 up to 18
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| It was probably your first taste of
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| | speeds.The bicycle has not only survived,
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| independence; you could just get on your
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| | but it has done as great job of adapting
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| bike and ride without needing help.The
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| | through time. It started out as being
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| bicycle has to be listed as one of the
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| | primarily for adult use and then it was
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| greatest inventions ever. No single
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| | reduced to a toy for kids and today the
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| person has been given credit for that,
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| | bike has the best of all worlds. Kids
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| but some of the earliest forms of bikes
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| | still love getting their first bikes.
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| date back to the early 1800s. Karl Drais
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| | Bicycles are still used as a mode of
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| invented something called the dandy-horse
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| | transportation, especially on college
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| in 1817. His creation didn't have any
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| | campuses. And adults realize that riding
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| pedals, so you had to push it with your
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| | a bike is a good way to stay in shape.
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| feet. In the 1860s, Frenchmen Michaux
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| | Plus, sport has created a whole new use
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| and Lallement created the pedal. This
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| | for bicycles. There is something called
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| new version of the bike with pedals was
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| | extreme sports where some of the
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| called the boneshaker. James Starley
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| | competition requires using a bicycle to
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| improved on the boneshaker and in 1885,
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| | do airborne tricks. This sport alone,
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| he released his version of the bicycle,
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| | has created massive exposure and added
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| it was called the rover. The rover was
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| | sales for the bicycle industry.The
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| considered the first modern type
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| | bicycle has created its own niche in the
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| bicycle.Bicycles have gradually evolved
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| | world and has been able to fit into so
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| into a great form of transportation.
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| | many different cultures. Unlike a lot of
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| They were very popular, but times change.
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| | past inventions, the bicycle is just as
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| The car became more affordable and
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| | vital today as it was when it was
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| people were choosing a car ride over a
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| | created.
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