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Kirkpatrick Macmillan is best known for inventing the first pedal bicycle. Synopsis Born on September 2, 1812, in Keir Mill, Thornhill, Scotland, Kirkpatrick Macmillan was a blacksmith who, in 1837, built a dandy horseâa kind of bicycle on which the rider pushes himself along with his feet. Three years later, Macmillan had applied a crank to his machine, making the world's first pedal cycle. The machine also included a wooden frame and iron-tired wheels. Macmillan's invention was never patented, and for many years it was credited to one of his imitators, Gavin Dalzell. Macmillan died in his hometown on January 26, 1878.
   The first rear-chain-driven bicycles were invented in England by  John Kemp Starley around 1877. A similar bicycle was developed at  the same time by Henry John Lawson.    The Scotsman, John Dunlop's invention of the pneumatic tire in 1888  made the ride much softer and easier for everyone.t is estimated  that by 1900 there were around 10 million bicycles.   French father and son Pierre and Ernest Michaux invented the modern  day pedal-and-crank bicycle in France in the 1860s.   The first true bicycle was invented in Scotland.