| Show 1 the invention of the bicycle A monument lias has been recently erected at barle bar le due to the t ano fichaux Ni chaux father and son aiho vi ho are ei ci edited vi with ith the invention pf af the modern bicycle the petit lyon nals naia tells the story dory of the invention a 9 follows ane tile Ali michaux amichaux chaux had bad a small lock shop in paris palis one day a biz bizzarri zarre machine was given to him bin to repair a small email saddle resting upon a snakelike snake like frame and holding bolding together two light wheels the machine was put in motion by tile the rider striking the ground with the tip of his toes 1 I 1 lie be queer thing was painted yellow arid and called cal led a 4 flow its invent orthe germon forester K V duis di ais A ride on lon this thib vas mas very tiring impossible uphill arid andi aloe aboe all very un on graceful giace ful but the young bloods in I 1 the time of the second empire I 1 managed very well with it anti and got lots of fun out of the mae machine bilie young ernest el nest michaux conceived cot the idea of adding pedals to the front wheel and beca became tire thus the inventor of the modern velocipede its his idea found little favor at first 1 more moie attention VM nai riven given to the t h 1 ft ti icycle As early as 3 a paris ar hatter named Bi tinnel irl t cd I 1 his a customers on a tricycle the international exhibition of 1867 however gave an impulse to bicycle riding by drabing the atten attention tion of the publio to several new improvements added by the michaux the prince imp imperial learned to ride and the aristo aristocracy cr L v with the prince of sa pagan at their head followed his ex example the latter had 2 high whee wheeled machines 1 built to order one was of aluminum i bronzy with vii heels of rosewood he other nas n as built entirely of steel beautifully engraved with I 1 hunting houting scenes the bicycle school of the michaux was now always full they could no longer filli till orders and formed a company for the of th their ei machines i ellif tes they also built a with an asphalted asphall ed track on which R also a kind of hurdle race could be run here was a ditch it which bich had to he crossed on it a narrow plank and a kind of irith bank lawsuits among the partners broke up tip the concern the war of 1870 came and people had bad other things to speak about in the jeantine me antine the english and americans improved the invention and it was waa reintroduced into france from across the sea public opinion |
