Pre-Historic of "Bicycle", Velorama - Netherlands 
The history of the bicycle before the invention of the bicycle
A separate part of the exhibition at the Dutch national museum Velorama is dedicated to the period before the invention of the handcar and the velocipede powered by pedals on the wheel axle.
Address: Waalkade 107, 6511 XR Nijmegen, Netherlands
Contact: www.velorama.nl
This is the best known, most extensive and most interesting bicycle museum in the world.
9/A. Nationaal Fietsmuseum VELORAMA, Nijmegen – Netherlands
The running machine became known under various names: Draisine in Germany, velocipede (fast feet) or Draisienne in France, hobby horse or dandy horse in England. This two-wheeled rider-propelled machine was invented by Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun of Germany in 1817. The first English patent for an improvement on the world's first bicycle was taken by Mr. Denis Johnson one year latter. Many different examples are on display there.
9/B. VELORAMA - draisienes, Nijmegen – Netherlands
A very special part of bicycle history are early tricycles, quadricycles, tandem tricycles, pedamotive carriages and others machines usually built combining wood and steel. Many of them are from early time period before velocipede with cranks and pedals was known and some are from velocipede era. Sometimes is very difficult to say years when machine was built or who made it.
9/C. VELORAMA - early machines, Nijmegen – Netherlands
Velocipedes or boneshakers could be made in small workshops or by local blacksmiths and in the same time by a big factories which had many experience of production carriages, sewing machines or guns. First velocipede – two wheels machine powered by cranks and pedals was made circa 1863 in France, but researche is still not closed. The velocipede era was from 1865/67 to 1870. The display in museum showing many variation of production around the world.
