what bicycle did moore ride in the paris–rouen race in 1869? there are two candidates and three or four accounts. bonneville said that moore was riding a suriray bicycle specially built by tribout, fitted with ball bearings, rubber tyres 48¼-inch and 15¾-inch wheels with metal rims. it was the first high bicycle, said bonneville, overlooking the fact that he had elsewhere said the honour belonged to vibert. the anonymous authors of the series 'pioneers of the cycle industry' in "bicycling news" said that moore rode a heavy wooden michaux fitted with solid rubber tyres which were secured to the wheel rims by means of sheet-iron braces screwed to the latter, and his machine embodied a type of ball bearing which had been more or less handmade by a parisian manufacturer...