“I could never resist the call of the trail.”

~Buffalo Bill~

In 1418, Giovanni Fontana, a Venetian physician and engineer, built the first human-powered land vehicle. It had four wheels and used an endless rope connected via gears to the wheels.

In 1493, sketches showing a primitive version of a bicycle, purported drawn by Leonardo da Vinci, surfaced in 1974. After an age test and some pondering, experts considered the sketches a hoax.

“Gliding down the bike path on a Saturday morning, you whip by somebody peddling in the opposite direction and give each other a nod. For a moment it’s like “Hey, we’re both doing the same thing. Let’s be friends for a second.”  

~Neil Pasrica~

In 1817, Baron Karl von Drais of Germany invented the Draisienne, a two-wheeled running machine. Also called a Laufmaschine, these two-wheelers were propelled by pushing off with the feet. They were made of…