He didn't. There's a James Starley that improved on the Penny-Farthing AKA high-wheeler design of the bicycle, and a John Kemp Starley who invented the chain-driven bicycle. But things very similar to bicycles had been around for ages when these guys had their bright ideas.
Same reason as any ever improves anything. To make use easier (for themselves), and to make money from the idea.
starley evolves into starvaria
John Kemp Starley died in 1901.
Tiger JK was born on 1974-07-29.
James Starley ran away from home at the age of 15 in 1830.
James Starley did not work for any specific company. He was an English inventor and industrialist known for his pioneering work in the development of the bicycle, particularly the development of the penny-farthing bicycle. Starley founded his own bicycle manufacturing company, Starley & Sutton Co., in Coventry, England in the 1870s.
James Starley was an English inventor and father of the bicycle industry. He invented the chain-driven bicycle and the tricycles.
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Daniel
the penny farhing was made in 1871 by James starley the penny farhing was made in 1871 by James starley
2045 jk jk im not sure but im pretty sure it was 2045!