Edward Coltman, who was vicar of Beverley Minster, used a strengthened velocipede, a walking bicycle, to get around and needed a team of vergers to propel his huge body up into the pulpit when it ...

The Reverend Joseph Coltman needed help to move to the front of Beverley Minster to give sermons.

From a foldable bike used by World War II paratroopers to the souped-up Schwinn made famous in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," a new exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum showcases 25 bicycles that ...

The exhibit showcases changes in innovation and design over time, from the cast-iron velocipede of the mid-1800s, to the Wolff-American Ice Bicycle of the early 1900s—the first bike engineered to ...

The 2025 BMW K 1600 employs an inline six situated longitudinally (along the lines of the bike). Honda uses a well-regarded flat six-cylinder in its premier luxury cruiser, the Gold Wing.

A velocipede is similar to a bicycle in that it has two wheels. The pedals, however, are located on the front wheel, and there is no chain mechanism to propel the bike. Pedaling was very hard.

On April 17, 1889, Pennsylvania’s Altoona Times reported the first recorded successful test of a flying bicycle. It refers to the air velocipede or “Sky-Cycle” from Professor Carl Edgar Myers.

A new sculpture of the world’s first pedal bike has been unveiled at the starting point of a 250-mile cycle route named after its inventor. The new interactive sculpture, funded by South of ...

maker Roper, Sylvester H. Description Sylvester Roper, a machinist and inventor in Massachusetts, built this steam velocipede and demonstrated it at fairs and circuses. It is believed to be the oldest ...

Mr Bedford's least favourite bike was the "bone-shaker" velocipede bike, which had a solid iron frame, wooden wheels and an iron rim. He said: "The problem with the iron rim is when you pedal you ...

Mr Bedford's least favourite bike was the "bone-shaker" velocipede bike, which had a solid iron frame, wooden wheels and an iron rim.