When was the 10-speed bicycle invented?

Some modern riders might think that the push for ever more gears on the rear cluster from 5 to 6 to 7 and eventually to 10 and more is a recent phenomenon. read more

In fact the ten speed lies at the mid-point between the earliest derailleur systems, invented some time around 1900, which had only two or three speeds, and the modern systems with 10 and 11 speed clusters. read more

German, Gottlieb Daimler invented the first gas-engined motorcycle in 1885, which was an engine attached to a wooden bike. That marked the moment in history when the dual development of a viable gas-powered engine and the modern bicycle collided. read more