Everything about Pierre Lallement totally explained
Pierre Lallement (born between
August 30,
1843 and
August 29,
1844; died August 29,
1891) could be the inventor of the
bicycle.
As a 19-year-old maker of
baby carriages in
Nancy, France in
1862, Lallement saw someone ride by on a
dandy horse, and would have been inspired to build one of his own, but with the addition of a
transmission comprised of a
rotary crank mechanism and
pedals attached to the front-wheel
hub, succeeding in creating the first true
bicycle.
He moved to
Paris in
1863, apparently interacted with the
Olivier brothers, who saw great commercial potential in his invention. The Oliviers formed a partnership with
Pierre Michaux to
mass-produce a 2-
wheeled velocipede. Some claim they produce after Lallement's design in 1864, some claim after Ernest Michaux design. Lallement himself apparently become an employee of Michaux for a short time.
Lallement left
France in July
1865 for
America, settling in
Ansonia, Connecticut, where he built and demonstrated an improved version of his bicycle. He filed the earliest and only
patent for the pedal-bicycle in April
1866, the patent being awarded in November. His patent drawing shows a machine bearing a great resemblance to the style of dandy-horse built by
Denis Johnson of London, with its
serpentine frame, the only differences being the addition of the pedals and cranks, and a thin strip of iron above the frame acting as a spring upon which he mounted the
saddle, to provide a more comfortable ride.
Failing to interest an American manufacturer in producing his machine, Lallement returned to Paris in
1868, just as the Michaux bicycles were creating the first
bicycle craze in France, an enthusiasm which spread to the rest of
Europe and to America. Lallement returned to America again sometime before
1880, which was the date of a patent infringement suit where he testified on behalf of plaintiff
Albert Pope, who had bought his patent. Lallement was living in
Brooklyn and working as Pope's employee. He died in obscurity in
1891 in
Boston at age 47.
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