The ancestral home of the Schneider family is in the German state of Bavaria. The name Schneider is an occupational hereditary surname, a type of surname that was taken from a word describing or common to the profession of the original bearer. It is a name for a person who worked as a tailor.
The first mechanically-propelled, two-wheeled vehicle may have been built by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, in 1839, although the claim is often disputed.
 Later bicycles had pedals attached to the front axle.    Ernest Michaux developed the modern bicycle pedal and cranks in  1861.    The first rear-chain-driven bicycles were invented in England by  John Kemp Starley around 1877. A similar bicycle was developed at  the same time by Henry John Lawson.   The Scotsman, John Dunlop's invention of the pneumatic tire in 1888  made the ride much softer and easier for everyone.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.