Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 257, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1919 — First Safety Bicycle Was Placed on Market in 1880 [ARTICLE]

First Safety Bicycle Was Placed on Market in 1880

The first of the safety bicycles was put on the market in 1880. In this the high front wheel was reduced and the rear wheel was about two-thirds the height of the front one. The machines iii 1885. Bicycling began to be popular about 1891, and the “craze” reached its height about 1895, when wheels had become low enough in price to be within the means of the multitude.