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Draisine
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Before the invention of the bicycle, a German nobleman named von Drais invented the "draisine" which is like a bicycle without pedals. The rider would use his feet to push along the ground. The draisine walking enhancer, permitting the user to cover more ground with each stride, and to coast down hills.
When Pierre Lallement added pedals to a draisine in the 1850s, the bicycle was born.
Draisines are still made for small children, intended as a transitional vehicle between a tricycle and a bicycle, but I don't recommend buying these, because you can acheive the same effect by unscrewing the pedals from a real bicycle.
