Who found the bicycle -- very simple. Shortly after Michaux'
construction of the pedal-driven prototype of a bicycle, and
even some months before the invention became known to the
European public, a selected Chinese readership learned of a new
"cycling device" from the travel notes of a Chinese official.
The author, Binchun, had just returned from his journey to
Western Europe. As member of the first group of high-ranking
Chinese officials, he had visited France, Great Britain, Germany
and other nations between March and July 1866. After his return,
he reported to the court on various curiosities he had
discovered during his mission in the West. Among these he had
seen in Paris two types of a strange device: "On the avenues",
Binchun writes, "people ride on a vehicle with only two wheels,
which is held together by a pipe. They sit above this pipe and
push forward with movements of their feet, thus keeping the
vehicle moving. There's yet anot ...more i could not make it out
or Do u want to know who INVENTED it