Infomation

When did it Start?
Cycling started in the first Olympics in 1936 and it has been going for 72 years.Cycling was first Invented in 1817.

Who Invented Cycling?
In 1690 the Scooter was made. The German Baron Karl von Drais added a padded seat and a steerable front wheel. Then young scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick MacMillan changed it in 1839, by adding pedals. In the next few years he made several improvments. Children's bikes came out after World War 1. In 1970 James Starley created the bike we have now, with gears and a ariel that allowed the wheel to turn twice as fast as the crank.