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Kirkpatrick Macmillan is best known for inventing the first pedal bicycle. Synopsis Born on September 2, 1812, in Keir Mill, Thornhill, Scotland, Kirkpatrick Macmillan was a blacksmith who, in 1837, built a dandy horseâa kind of bicycle on which the rider pushes himself along with his feet. Three years later, Macmillan had applied a crank to his machine, making the world's first pedal cycle. The machine also included a wooden frame and iron-tired wheels. Macmillan's invention was never patented, and for many years it was credited to one of his imitators, Gavin Dalzell. Macmillan died in his hometown on January 26, 1878.
The earliest bicycle was a wooden scooter-like contraption called a  celerifere; it was invented about 1790 by Comte Mede de Sivrac of  France.   In 1816, Baron Karl von â¦ Drais de Sauerbrun, of Germany, invented a  model with a steering bar attached to the front wheel, which he  called a Draisienne.AKEMILAN in 1842 Comte de Sivrac invented the bicycle in 1791. He was a nobleman who  lived in France and needed an efficient way of transportation. The German Baron Karl Drais von Sauerbronn invented the Laufmaschine or Running Machine, a type of pre-bicycle.