Neil Laughton, cycling enthusiast, adventurer and record breaker takes us back in time to explore the history of the bic | dG1fRVlLOXNOQ3VSMnM
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00:00 Behind the design of the modern bike are hundreds of years of development.
00:06 Big wheels to small wheels.
00:08 Wooden frames to the lightest carbon fibre frames.
00:12 So let's peel back the pages of history that brought us to this.
00:16 The Lauf machine.
00:24 It was the first two-wheeled human-powered bicycle.
00:27 They had to have riding schools to teach people how to ride it.
00:31 It was a breakthrough in personal transport.
00:35 The invention was a stepping stone to the next big development.
00:39 Pedals.
00:41 The bone shaker was the first bicycle to be mechanically propelled.
00:47 They were beautifully elegant machines.
00:51 There was so much excitement about this new invention.
00:54 To increase the speed and distance one could cover, the front wheel got bigger.
00:59 And bigger.
01:01 It's been called the high bicycle, the ordinary bicycle and the penny farthing.
01:06 What happened when you crash on this bike?
01:08 A lot of pain.
01:10 You're a long way up and the speed you could go, 20, 30 mile an hour down a hill.
01:15 There were further refinements, improving the steering and safety by connecting the pedals to the rear wheel via a chain.
01:24 And voila! The safety bicycle was born.
01:27 This led to a cycling craze.
01:30 The bicycle was very important with the spread of genetics.
01:35 If you lived in a little village, you married the girl next door.
01:40 Once you had a bicycle, you could ride to the next village and go and see somebody different.
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