Dandy Horse Small 320×233 Medium 640×466 Large 1024×746 Download Tiff Original 2400×1748 | (390.5 KB) Description German for "running machine", the dandy horse was a two-wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider's feet. Keywords bicycle predecessor, bike, dandy horse, draisine, transportation, two wheels, velocipede Galleries Human-Powered Transportation Source: Ellsworth D. Foster ed. The American Educator (vol. 1) (Chicago, IL: Ralph Durham Company, 1921)