MD 2011 Do you remember Baron von Drais and his Over time, Baron von Drais’ became very In England it was called a hobby horse . running machine? popular in countries like France and Luxembourg. The new Running Machines, S S hobbyS horses AM In FranceA M were so AM Fast Feet and P it was P expensive P LE called the LE only rich LE Shaking Bones SL . SL people could SL I I afford them. I DE DE DE The young ‘dandies’ of the day loved them and so the Part Two hobby horse also became known as the Dandy horse .

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Hobby Horse 1818 – Photograph taken at the Coventry Transport Museum A postcard showing the London school set up in 1819. In 1818 an Englishman Photograph: Westminister Council The earliest called Denis Johnson made had his own version of Baron no pedals. S von Drais’S bicycle. S S AM AM AM AM P P P Finally, in 1839, P LE Then he opened a ridingLE LE LE SL school in London so that SL SL pedals were added SL ID young gentlemen (dandies) ID ID by a Scottish ID E could learn how to ride the E E blacksmith called E new hobby horse. Kirkpatrick Macmillan.

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Kirkpatrick Macmillan saw a child riding a hobby Macmillan’s Kirkpatrick Macmillan’s pedals didn’t Then, in the1860s, two horse along the road near his house and promptly new bicycle go round and round as pedals do on Frenchman called Pierre and Ernest Michaux invented a made one for himself in his smithy. was made modern bikes. Macmillan’s pedals went back and forth, back and forth. new Velocipede . of wood, just ThenS heA started to like theS earlierA SA SA think that thereM P bicycles. MP MP MP must be a way of LE LE LE LE moving the hobby S There were two withS iron rims. A larger S The pedals were S horse without LI at the back and smaller LwheelI LIconnected to the LI D at the front. D backD wheel by rods. D having to put his E E E In French, the word E feet on the ground When the rider moved the pedals backwards and forwards, velocipede means fast feet. and running along. The Smithy where he made his bicycle Can you see the pedals he invented? the pedals turned the back wheel and the bike moved

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In England the new The boneshaker had pedals that Not only was it What do you notice velocipede was about the bone shaker? were attached to the front uncomfortable to wheels. called the bone ride over rough shaker . S roads,S it was also S Where are the pedals? The pedalsS moved round and A difficult toA pedal. A round as pedalsA on a modern MP MP MP bike do but, becauseMP the pedals LE LE LE were attached to the LE S S S same wheel that S The boneshakerLI was very LI LI steered the bike, LI uncomfortableD to ride. D D it made it difficult D E E E to pedal and steer E at the same time. Why do you think it was called a boneshaker? www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk In those days most Some women in France and America During the 1860s inventors were working out how rode . They wore jackets, riders were men. bloomers that went down to their to improve boneshakers so that they would be knees, stockings and shin high boots. more comfortable to ride, go faster and be easier S S to steerS and pedal. S A A The French A A MP MPlady riding MP MP LE thisL velocipedeE Can you guess LE LE S is wearingS how they S S L bloomers. L L L ID ID changed the ID ID They wore shortE jackets, E boneshaker? E E tight trousers and knee Riding in bloomers wasn’t allowed length boots. in England until much later so very www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk few English women rode bikes. www.ks1resources.co.uk www.ks1resources.co.uk

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