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Did the wright brothers invent the bicycle?
Wiki User
October 29, 2010 8:30AM
No, they didn't - that honor is usually given to James Starley,
if we're talking about the bike as we know it today, with equal
sized wheels and chain drive.
The Wright brothers did work with bicycle repair though.
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http://www.catalogs.com/info/sports/who-invented-the-bicycle.html
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