Penny-farthing term and "hi-wheel" (and variants) are preferred by many modern enthusiasts. Following the popularity of the boneshaker, Eugène Meyer, a Frenchman, invented the high-wheeler bicycle design in 1869 and fashioned the wire-spoke tension wheel. Around 1870 English inventor James Starley, described as the father of the bicycle industry, and others, began producing bicycles based on the French boneshaker but with front wheels of increasing size, because larger front wheels, up to in diameter, enabled higher speeds on bicycles limited to direct drive. In 1878, Albert Pope began manufacturing the Columbia bicycle outside Boston, starting their two-decade heyday in America. Although
Ministry of Transport Machine-Building Industry 1941 the majority of plants being taken over by the Germans, while the composition of NKTP includes businesses located in the eastern regions of the USSR. They evacuated facilities, such as Moreover, the composition became NKTP "Source": Ministry of Transport Machine-Building Industry The Ministry of Transport Machine-Building Industry () was one of the government ministries of the Soviet Union. Before 1946 it was known as the People's Commissariat of the Tank Industry of the USSR ("Народный комиссариат танковой промышленности СССР"). The seat was located in Moscow at Ryazanskaya St. ("Рязанская ул.") 8а, then evacuated to Chelyabinsk. The People's Commissariat of