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Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun

German inventor

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two-wheeled bicycle

  • bicycling
    In bicycle: Draisiennes, hobby-horses, and other velocipedes

    …the draisienne, invented by Baron Karl von Drais de Sauerbrun of Germany. In 1817 he rode it for 14 km (9 miles), and the following year he exhibited it in Paris. Although von Drais called his device a Laufmaschine (“running machine”), draisienne and velocipede became more popular names. The machine…

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