11. The French called the machine a velocipede ; others named it more accurately, the bone shaker. 12. Velocipedes ( cycles ) had wire-spoked wheels, much lighter than wooden-spoke ones.13. During the 1870s advances in metallurgy led to the development of the first all-metal velocipedes . 14. The Oliviers formed a partnership with Pierre Michaux to mass-produce a 2-wheeled velocipede . 15. This video was filmed at the famed Hillsborough Railroad Museum utilizing vintage rail cars and a velocipede . 16. The " velocipede , " as it was called, had no chain, no gears. 17. Although the high riding position seems daunting to some, mounting can be learned on a lower velocipede . 18. Sceptics allege that MacMillan design which he presented was a composite of two 1869 velocipedes by Thomas McCall. 19. The first 16 issues of " Electric Velocipede " were produced and published solely by Klima. 20. Having ridden a low velocipede at Harrow School he took to the high bicycle as a student at Cambridge.
