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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…

Lachlan Morton is no stranger to pushing boundaries, but his latest challenge took ultra-endurance cycling to a whole new level. In September 2024, the EF Education-EasyPost rider set out to break the Around-Australia cycling record, covering over 14,200 km in less than 40 days. Battling extreme heat, exhaustion, and the relentless Australian outback, Mortons journeycaptured in the feature-length film The Great Southern Countryshowcases his endurance, determination, and unique approach to long-distance riding. Heres a look at how he took on one of the toughest endurance challenges ever attempted.Australia’s Lachlan Morton rides for the UCI World Tour team EF Education First-Easy Post but his career as a cyclist has taken a very different direction from what he might have envisaged when…

In 2017 Briton Mark Beaumont smashed the record for cycling around the globe, completing the circumnavigation in less than 80 days. This epic journey is the subject of an excellent two-part documentary on GCN+, Around the World in 80 Days, but GCN+ has recently released a prequel to that. In preparation for his attempt, the cyclist undertook a test of himself and his team to see if the record would be possible and if all the systems they had worked out would function. He felt if they could work together for two weeks and he could maintain record pace for that time, there was a chance at the sub-80 mark later in the year. The documentary Around Britain is about…

The GCN+ streaming service offers, in addition to extensive race coverage, interesting documentaries covering cycling history, technology, personalities and two-wheeled travel adventures. The latest GCN+ video is about a three day trip riding along the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in Iceland, with stunning vistas of an alien landscapeand bread baked in geothermal steam!GCN+’s filmmakers want to bring viewers to amazing places, to inspire cyclists to discover new experiences and while some of the videos have gone to noted cycling regions in Europe and Australia, some have been wilderChile, Colombia and, now, a series of three videos will be available focused on Iceland. The Rift is the second of these and features Jenny Graham, who currently holds the women’s around…