History of the bicycle

Historians disagree about the invention of the bicycle, and many dates are challenged. It is most likely that no individual qualifies as the inventor and that the bicycle evolved through the efforts of many. Although Leonardo da Vinci was credited with having sketched a bicycle in 1492 in his Codex Atlanticus, the drawing was discovered to be a forgery added in the 1960s. Another presumed bicycle ancestor, the vélocifère, or célérifère, of the 1790s was a fast horse-drawn coach that is not considered to be a predecessor of the bicycle.

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Atlas Cycle

The Hercules Cycle and Motor Company Limited. 1910 The company was founded on 9 September 1910 by the brothers Harry Crane and Edward Crane in Coventry Street, Birmingham initially producing only 25 bicycles a week

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Avon Cycle

Avon Cycles LTD is a Non-govt company, incorporated on 01 Oct, 1951. It's a public unlisted company and is classified as'company limited by shares'. Company's authorized capital stands at Rs 100.0 lakhs and has 89.6442% paid-up capital which is Rs 89.64 lakhs.

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Bianchi Cycle

Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A., commonly known as Bianchi ([bjaŋki]) is the world's oldest bicycle manufacturing company in existence. The company was founded in Italy in 1885 and in addition to bicycles it produced motorcycles from 1897 to 1967.

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