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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…

Vuelta Stage Report: The man who came for Zwift racing, Jay Vine took his second Vuelta’22 stage win and again he had to ride solo through the mountain fog on the Collau Fancuaya. Vine finished 43 seconds ahead of Marc Solerand Rein Taarame. Overall leader, Remco Evenepoel, finished 5th at 1:20 with Enric Mas and Primo Rogli on his wheel.*** The full ‘PEZ Stage Report’ very soon. *** The final kilometre of stage 8A foggy finish for Jay Vine againJay Vine took his second win in the Vuelta a Espaa. In the ride to the Collu Fancuaya, the Australian from Alpecin-Deceuninck was part of the long breakaway and drove his fellow escapees off his wheel on the 10 kilometre long…