Originally Posted by
nomadmax
Treadle bikes aren't new. This guy did it in 1812:
Wellllllll, maybe in
1839, or
maybe not, the claim based on the
personal recollections of a
relative some
fifty-odd years later, submitted
without proof or
artifacts. Good story, though.
An actual successful (relative to its time and place) treadle bicycle was the American Star of the 1880s.
