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The invention of the bicycle is often credited to one of two people.
Baron Karl Drais von Sauerbronn invented the "Laufmaschine" or "Running Machine" in Germany in 1818. The machine looks very much like a bicycle in that it has two wheels and a steering handlebar. But the Running Machine has no drive train. The Running Machine is propelled by the rider pushing his feet against the ground. Frenchman Comte Mede de Sivrac invented a similar machine several years prior, but this machine did not have steering so it's not often regarded as a precursor to the bicycle.
In the 1860's, a french father-son team of carriage makers, Pierre and Ernest Michaux, invented the modern bicycle pedal and crank giving the "running machine" a bit of mechanical propulsion.
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