The Invention Of The Bicycla Written by Rebecca Bond A long time ago nobody had a bicycle. Nobody rode a bicycle to school or to work, or to the Park just for fun. Nobody even thought about bicycles. There were no bicycles! Then one day someone had an idea and the bicycle was born! Leonardo daVinci,a very famous artist, inventor and scientist, thought a bicycle sounded like a good invention. He made the first drawing of a bicycle. That was about 500 years ago. Unfortunately, he died before his idea became a real machine, but still it was a good idea, and other people decided to work on it. About 300 years ago (200 years after Leonardo did his drawing), somebody finaly made the first bicycle. It wasn’t like the bicycles we have today. It had wooden wheels and it didn’t have any pedals. Instead of pedaling, the rider sat on the sea and rolled along by pushing his feet on the ground. It wasn’t perfect, but it was o good start.Little by little, more inventors made the bicycle better. They added pedals. They made wheels out of metal and rubber. They discovered better ways to steer and to brake. About 100 years ago, they started making bicycles that looked very much like the bicycles we ride today. They were very good bicycles. Suddenly everyone wanted a bicycle! Bicycles were a quick and easy way to get around and most of all they were fun.Alll the bicycle-building shops were very busy. They had a lot of business! Today people all around the world ride bicycles. They ride them on dirt roads in small towns and on crowded streets in big cities. In some cities there are so many bicycle riders that it seems like everyone is riding a bicycle! Well done, Leonardo! e Unit 7) @)