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The Safety Bicycle1885 Attempts to make the bicycle safer and reduce the size of the front-wheel finally led to a radical change of bicycle ergonomics. John Kemp Starley, James' nephew, set the fashion to the world with his 'Rovers' from 1885 on (never patented) that featured equally sized wheels and a chain drive to the rear wheel.
In the US Pope's safety bicycle was called "Columbia," and he tried again to monopolize the 'Columbia Chainless' with a shaft drive. Meanwhile John Boyd Dunlop's re-invention of the pneumatic tire in 1888 had made for a much smoother ride. Chicago's immigrant Adolph Schoeninger with his Western Wheel Works became the 'Ford of the Bicycle' (ten years before Henry Ford) and by rigorous use of sheet-metal stamping and mass production made his 'Crescent' bicycles affordable for the working people. In rapid succession then the free wheel, coaster brake, hub gearing and finally derailleur systems were invented.
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