{"id":48139,"date":"2017-09-19T13:04:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/35267\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T16:26:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:26:26","slug":"benon-biciclo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/benon-biciclo\/","title":{"rendered":"Benon, pedal bicycle, 1870"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benon, pedal bicycle, 1870, France<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to reports, the pedal application on the Draisine<\/strong><\/a> and the improvements that will turn it into the \u201cMichaudine<\/strong><\/a>\u201c, was made by a technician called Lallement<\/strong>, collaborator of Michaux,<\/strong>\u00a0to whom the Michaux family (that patented the idea) didn\u2019t show the right gratitude. We have to remember that the Michaux family already had an organized company and potential customers for their new vehicle. Lallement was just a technician that surely lacked money to invest on the idea. On the other hand the Germans realized that the compatriot\u00a0Fischer<\/strong>\u00a0(skilled repairman of musical instruments) actually had the moral authorship of the invention, applied 13 years before the Michaux patent.<\/p>\n

Technical notes:
\n<\/strong>Michaux model
\nWooden wheels with iron protection
\nSaddle on the leaf spring
\nBrake on the back wheel operated by a string on the handlebar: in order to stop, you turned the handlebar
\nForged iron frame and fork
\nTwo little ornaments shaped like moustaches used to rest your feet while going downhill to avoid hitting the spinning pedals<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n