Many people and countries claim credit for inventing the first bicycle. Everyone contributed something. The first verifiable claim for a practical bicycle belongs to German Baron Karl von Drais.

Baron Karl von Drais of Sauerbrun, Germany, was the first manufacturer and promoter of these devices. A lighter version was later fabricated by Dennis Johnson in England.

Consequently, the phenomenon inspired German Karl Drais to invent an alternative called the bicycle. Nowadays, Markus Stoffel warns the world’s reliance on fossil fuels could make a similar ...