Penny-farthing the trend was short-lived, the penny-farthing became a symbol of the late Victorian era. Its popularity also coincided with the birth of cycling as a sport. Eugène Meyer of Paris, France is now regarded as the father of the high bicycle by the International Cycling History Conference in place of James Starley. Meyer patented a wire-spoke tension wheel with individually adjustable spokes in 1869. They were called "spider" wheels in Britain when introduced there. Meyer produced a classic high bicycle design during the 1880s. James Starley in Coventry added the tangent spokes and the mounting step to his famous bicycle
Eugene A. Sittig Jenny and William A., the latter of which frequently worked under his father. His wife died in 1898 and Sittig married Anna Weidner. Sittig was a Freemason and was a member of the Germania Club and Chicago Press Club. Sittig died on June 6, 1907 from complications of pneumonia. He was buried in Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. Eugene A. Sittig Eugene Alexander Sittig (October 1, 1847 – June 6, 1907) was a German American publisher and politician from Prussia. Immigrating with his family as an infant, Sittig apprenticed as a blacksmith in Chicago, Illinois. He later joined the advertising department