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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…

This is the first part of a two-part video on three different ways to clean a bicycle chain. It uses degreasers, lubricants, and chain cleaning products produced by Finish Line Technologies, Inc., but focuses on the bike and how to clean it more than it does on the products. The beginning of this video also contains general information about chains, how they’re made, how they wear, and what happens when they do, before going into the first of three chain cleaning techniques. A version of this video with a printable guide can be found at www.howcast.com/users/caeasura.