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By the time James Starley was nine years old, the Scottish blacksmith, Kirkpatrick Macmillan had invented the first bicycle pedals.

Can you remember how they worked?

Kirkpatrick Macmillan

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A friend of mine, a captain of a large bicycle club, bought a new machine lately and, as I told him would one day happen, he tried to stop suddenly when going too fast down a hill. He was thrown right over the handlebars and

very seriously injured. The machine also turned a complete somersault and was bent out of

shape.

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This picture shows James Starley riding his four wheeled Royal Salvo Quadricycle in 1878.

It was called the Royal Salvo because Queen Victoria ordered two of them.What do you notice about its four wheels?

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