Treadle bicycle

History

Treadles were used before the advent of highwheelers on Thomas McCall's velocipede, on highwheelers themselves in an attempt to address safety issues,{{cite web | access-date = 2010-01-05}} {{cite web | access-date = 2010-01-05}} on alternative configurations of highwheelers,{{cite web | access-date = 2010-01-05}} and on the first device called a safety bicycle by British engineer Henry J. Lawson in 1876.{{cite book | author-link = David V. Herlihy | access-date = 2010-01-05 | access-date = 2010-01-05}}{{cite web | access-date = 2010-01-05}}

Gallery

File:Jaray-Rad mit Schwingpedalen - Verkehrszentrum.JPG|A treadle bicycle from 1925 Image:Mccallvelos.jpg|McCall's first (top) and improved velocipede of 1869, later predated to 1839 and attributed to MacMillan File:1880velocipede.jpg|Velocipede from 1880 File:1888 Geared Facile Bicycle Coventry Transport Museum.jpg|1888 Geared Facile Bicycle in the Coventry Transport Museum File:ElliptiGO Miller Hiwy jeh.jpg|A modern ElliptiGO seatless treadle bicycle modeled after elliptical trainers File:ElliptiGO.jpg|Close-up of the Elliptigo drive chain.

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