Talk:History of the bicycle
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[edit] celerifere
There was a speedy stage-coach service in France around 1800 called Velocifere or Celerifere. One Jean Sievrac of Marseille obtained an import brevet on a Celerifere in 1817. In Louis Baudry's 1891 booklet "Histoire de la Vélocipédie" this turned out as a rigid two-wheeler called celerifere just hundred years earlier, i.e. 1791 ... -- Lesseps 05:03, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
The discussion on this invention is confusing. I don't know if really exists or if it was just impractical. It insinuates both. This should be cleared up.
[edit] New information, but where should it go?
According to the museum of science and technology (Ottawa) (Today: November 15 2005) the display indicates:
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/collection/bikes1.cfm
- The story of bicycle begins with the "hobby-horse" (another name for dandy-horse?), the first commercially sucessful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine. Patented by the German Baron, Karl von Drais, in 1817. Initially produced in France where it enjoyed considerable popularity among fashionable members of the middle class. --CyclePat 02:14, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] milestones?
Would it be appropriate to create a list of bicycle technology milestones for this page? I was wondering what year the following innovations were introduced, and thought they would appear here, things like:
- introduction of 5/7/9/10 speed gears
- introduction of double and triple front chainsets
- first use of carbon/magnesium/titanium/berylium frames
- introduction of alloy/carbon rims
- introduction of carbon forks/chainstays/stems/seatposts
- history of frame tubing (Reynolds 521/652/753/853/953 etc)
Should we make a start? --Richardb20 15:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] ICHC
I notice these letters, and no definition or internal or external link for them. Will someone explain, either in the present article or another? Jim.henderson 02:56, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
