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
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