Since its invention, the appearance of the bicycle has changed many times. For more than 200 years, the proportions of the front and rear wheels have been changing. Animator Thallis Vestergaard used this to create a little retro-style bicycle. The animation traces the changes in the appearance of bicycles. There are some periods in which the structure seems ridiculous now, almost like a challenge to peoples courage and ability. However, because the inventors had the courage to imagine and try, the current bicycles can be ridden. Lets go!
Invented by the French Comte Mede de Sivrac in 1790, the Velocifere is a simple structure that can be seen at a glance. It consists of a wooden bar, two wheels and a saddle. It is said to be the prototype of a bicycle, but it does not yet have a faucet. concept
British inventor Denis Johnson continued the idea of ??Comte Mede de Sivrac, adding a faucet handle to control the direction, enlarging the wheels, and making the frame lighter, around 1818 AD.
About 1839, Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick MacMillan was inspired by the way trains moved forward and added pedals to bicycles to generate power so that the front and rear wheels could rotate simultaneously
1869 was the year when fashionable humans challenged their limits. At least the editor himself did not dare to climb on this bicycle! The extremely different proportions of the front and rear wheels of the well-known classic model "Penny-Farthing" made the bicycle dangerous and dangerous. It’s so fascinating. Although the inventor Eugene Meyer came up with such an avant-garde and bold idea, he also played a very important role in the evolution of bicycles by inventing the rim wire!
It wasn’t until about 1885 that the bicycle became what we are familiar with today. I wonder if it will have new changes in a few hundred years?
