Marking the 200th Anniversary of the Velocipede, er, Bike

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An easy rider.

In 1817, the inventor Karl von Drais of Mannheim, Germany patented the Draisine, a wooden, two-wheel, pedal-less and chain-free vehicle that has been credited as the first bicycle, Elaine Glusac reports on nytimes.com.

 Now in the bike’s bicentennial year, travel operators are, ahem, peddling new routes, Glusac wrote,

For more:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/travel/new-trips-for-the-bikes-bicentennial.html?_r=0

For the video of the short but interesting history of the bicycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rLdu0AIgHA

The first bicycles in America, called Swift Walkers or Velocipedes, were introduced in New York City.

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