FIRST SAFETY BICYCLE INTRODUCED IN ENGLAND 1860
FIRST SAFETY BICYCLE INTRODUCED IN ENGLAND 1860 New York company Pickering and Davis invented this pedal-bicycle for ladies in 1869.[1 1418 Giovanni Fontana built the first human powered land vehicle -- it had four wheels and used an endless rope connected via gears to the wheels. 1493 Scetch of bicycle falsely attributed to Leonard da VinciSketches showing a primitive version of a bicycle, purported drawn by Leonardo da Vinci, surfaced in 1974. Further examination of the drawings indicates these are not by da Vinci's hand. The speculation that these are a sketch by a pupil after a lost drawing by da Vinci is also considered false. An age test was performed, but the library in Milan (belonging to the Vatican) conceals its negative outcome, see http://www.cyclepublishing.com/history/leonardo%20da%20vinci%20bicycle.html . Experts consider the sketches a hoax. The earliest comes from a sketch said to be from 1534 and attributed to Gian Giacomo Cap...