{"id":48148,"date":"2017-10-11T19:08:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T17:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/187072-biciclo\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T17:01:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T16:01:40","slug":"187072-biciclo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/187072-biciclo\/","title":{"rendered":"Compagnie Parisienne, 1870\/72, pedal bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Compagnie Parisienne des V\u00e9locip\u00e8des, pedal bicycle, France, <\/strong>1870\/72<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Michaux brothers and their partners recognized how to take advantage of the hype and the growing request of the market. The employees of the Compagnie Parisienne des V\u00e9locip\u00e8des, <\/strong>(born together with\u00a0Olivier Fr\u00e8res<\/strong>) that built and assembled the bicycles became 300. Michaux decided then to sell his own stock to Olivier Fr\u00e8res formally declaring he won\u2019t compete with his former partners. Despite the commitment made, he opened his own company \u00a0that soon had to close due to some financial events made worse by the 1870 Franco-Prussian War.<\/p>\n

Technical notes:
\n<\/strong>Michaux model
\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
\nSaddle on the leaf spring
\nWooden wheels with iron protection
\nTwo little ornaments shaped like moustaches used to rest your feet while going downhill to avoid hitting the spinning pedals<\/p>\n

Altre informazioni:
\n<\/strong>France paid a high price for the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, not only for its defeat, but also for the sudden stop of many new-born industrial companies. This damaged the bicycle industry too, giving Britain and America free rein on the field.<\/p>\n

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