Boy at fork in the road with his bike.

Bicycle

Boy at fork in the road with his bike.

Bicycles are two-wheeled machines for riding by pressing the feet on pedals. The first bicycle is a safety bicycle. The other two are high-wheeled bicycles.

Bicycle

Bicycles are two-wheeled machines for riding by pressing the feet on pedals. The first bicycle is a…

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.

Bicycle

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame,…

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other.

Bicycle

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame,…

This bicycle stand features vertically adjustable brace bars which are hinged to an intermediate part of the upright.

Upright Bicycle Stand

This bicycle stand features vertically adjustable brace bars which are hinged to an intermediate part…

This sign indicates that a bicycle trail is located nearby.

Bicycle Trail, Black and White

This sign indicates that a bicycle trail is located nearby.

This sign indicates that a bicycle trail is located nearby.

Bicycle Trail, Color

This sign indicates that a bicycle trail is located nearby.

This sign indicates that a bicycle trail is located nearby.

Bicycle Trail, Outline

This sign indicates that a bicycle trail is located nearby.

This sign indicates that a bicycle trail is located nearby.

Bicycle Trail, Silhouette

This sign indicates that a bicycle trail is located nearby.

Boneshaker is a name used from about 1869 up to the present time, to refer to the first type of true bicycle with pedals, which was called "velocipede" (from the Latin for "fast foot") by its manufacturers. "Boneshaker" refers to the extremely uncomfortable ride, which was caused by the stiff wrought-iron frame and wooden wheels surrounded by tires made of iron.

Boneshaker Bicycle

Boneshaker is a name used from about 1869 up to the present time, to refer to the first type of true…

This is a framework consisting of two wheels, and a chain driven crank shaft. One of wheels is used for conducting the rest of the frame depending on the operators point of direction. Foot pedals are used to drive the chain that spins the rear wheel providing the frame to move forward.

Combination Chain Driven Bicycle

This is a framework consisting of two wheels, and a chain driven crank shaft. One of wheels is used…

An illustration of Humber's "spider" bicycle.

Humber's "Spider" Bicycle

An illustration of Humber's "spider" bicycle.

A bicycle, also known as a bike, push bike or cycle, is a pedal-driven, human-powered, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist or a bicyclist.

Multi Purpose Bicycle

A bicycle, also known as a bike, push bike or cycle, is a pedal-driven, human-powered, single-track…

An illustration of a rudge racing bicycle.

Rudge Racing Bicycle

An illustration of a rudge racing bicycle.

A popular type of bicycle in the late 1800s characterized by having two wheels of the same size.

Safety Bicycle

A popular type of bicycle in the late 1800s characterized by having two wheels of the same size.

The tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle designed to be ridden by more than one person.

Tandem Bicycle

The tandem bicycle or twin is a form of bicycle designed to be ridden by more than one person.

A baby seat for mounting on the rear of a bicycle. The baby seat includes a horizontally extending lower frame assembly, an upper frame assembly attached to the lower frame assembly and defining an upwardly oriented interior adapted to receive the baby, and support braces for supporting the baby seat from the bicycle.

Baby Seat for Bicycles

A baby seat for mounting on the rear of a bicycle. The baby seat includes a horizontally extending lower…

Man demonstrating how to mount the bicycle.

Bicycling

Man demonstrating how to mount the bicycle.

Man bicycling.

Bicycling

Man bicycling.

German for "running machine", the dandy horse was a two-wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider's feet.

Dandy Horse

German for "running machine", the dandy horse was a two-wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider's feet.

"Road-racer. A full roadster would have the handles a little higher relatively to the saddle, and would be provided with mud-guards, free-wheel and sometimes a gear-case and variable speed gear." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Road-Racer

"Road-racer. A full roadster would have the handles a little higher relatively to the saddle, and would…

A skirt guard or coat guard is a device fitted over the rear wheel of a bicycle to prevent a long skirt, coat or other trailing clothes or luggage catching in the wheel, or in the gap between the rim and the brakes.

Bicycle Riding Skirt

A skirt guard or coat guard is a device fitted over the rear wheel of a bicycle to prevent a long skirt,…

This bicycle support is a human aid device used to teach an individual how to maintain both confidence and balance when learning how to ride a bike.

Bicycle Support

This bicycle support is a human aid device used to teach an individual how to maintain both confidence…

A light road-carriage for a single person.

Velocipede

A light road-carriage for a single person.

Velocipedes are an umbrella term for any human-powered land vehicle with one or more wheels. The most common type of velocipede today is the bicycle. The term velocipede is today, however, mainly used as a collective term for the different forerunners of the monowheel, the bicycle, the dicycle, the tricycle and the quadcycle that were developed between 1817 and 1880.

Ice Velocipede

Velocipedes are an umbrella term for any human-powered land vehicle with one or more wheels. The most…

"A lady's bicycle with gear-case and dress-guard. The rear frame of the "diamond" type is subjected to very small stresses due to vertical load. The front fork and steering post are subject to bending moment due to the reaction from the ground." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Womans Bike

"A lady's bicycle with gear-case and dress-guard. The rear frame of the "diamond" type is subjected…