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The bicycle was introduced in the 19th century in Europe by German Inventor Karl von Drais. He is credited with developing the first bicycle. He introduced it to the people in Paris in 1818. It is supposed to originate from the human-powered vehicle called Draisines. Drais invented a walking machine that would help him get around the royal gardens faster. It was known by many names, including the “velocipede,” “dandy horse,” “hobby-horse,” “draisine” and “running machine. It had no pedals and its frame was a wooden beam. It had two same-size in-line wheels with the front one steerable and mounted in a frame which was straddled. In 1839, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, allegedly completed construction of a pedal driven…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAtOmjOS3GA[/youtube] BMX The Video was produced by Thorn EMI in 1983 and starred Andy Ruffell. The video sold over one million copies around the world and was shot in Johannesburg, South Africa. The video was shot on 35mm and features some great old school racing and freestyle footage with some great music. When Andy Ruffell toured South Africa to promote the video launch, over 100,000 people turned out in over 25 shows in JoBurg, Durban and Cape Town.