At the end of the eighteenth century, the Frenchman Sifrak invented the earliest bikes. The earliest bicycle is wooden, its structure is relatively simple, there is no driving device, there is no steering device, the rider by his feet to push forward, change the area can only get off when the car. Even so, when Xifrak rode the bike to the park for a ride, the presence of people are quite surprised and admired.

The world's first truly practical bike appeared in the early 19th century. In 1817, the German Dreis in Paris, France invented a wooden bike with a bike. Although this bike is still with the pedal to move forward, you can move forward while changing direction, it will lead to the advent of people's great interest. French people a lot of imitation, for a time, the streets of Paris emerged hundreds of bikes. In 1830, the French government also equipped with a bike as a means of transport for the postman.

Subsequently, the bike's technology, performance has been improved. In 1839, the British Macmillan invented the pedal driving bike, cycling feet do not pedal, improve the speed. In 1869 the birth of the Reynolds bike, the frame made by the steel pipe production, the vehicle also changed to the steel ring and spoke, the use of solid tires, so that the bike more light. In 1887, the British Lawson completed the chain-driven bike design. In the same year, the British Dunlop developed a pneumatic tire. Since then, the bike technology has also completed the commercialization of the conversion, mass production and put into the market.

Mountain bike history

The mountain bike is a bike designed for walking off the road (hills, trails, wilderness and sandy gravel, etc.) and was born in San Francisco on the west coast of the United States in 1977.

At that time the United States there has been a group of cyclists in California, they ride a 21-speed mountain bike along the mountain road winding mountain climbing, has become a novel movement. Some off-road enthusiasts challenge each other and hold a thrilling bike race on a mountain road in Northern California. They called the game "refueling" because the bike was extremely dangerous, and every time the game was finished, the lubricants in the brakes were all depleted and must be replenished. The traditional bike is too thin, can not afford to crash, so people have to car improvement, such as reinforcement frame, switch to a wider tire, increase 5 to 10 gears, the use of powerful cantilever brakes. By 1980, the first mountain bikes were listed in California.

The name of the mountain bike is the first use of a bike fan from San Barbara, Jim McClimmick, who suggested naming this type of improved bike as a mountain bike.