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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…

The Pope’s bicycle is up for auction, and it’s a pretty decent steed. Pope Francis’ Pinarello F12 road bike was gifted to him by Colombian professional cyclist Egan Bernal during a visit in 2021. Bernal, a Catholic who said that he prays to God before important stages, said that meeting the Pope was the greatest thing to have happened to him, even more than winning the Giro d’Italia 2021 or the Tour de France in 2019. The powder-blue and white bicycle represents the Argentinian flag – the Pope’s homeland. A private seller is selling it online through the auction site Catawiki. It’s described by the auctioneers as “a unique piece in the world, both for what it symbolizes and for…