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John Kemp Starley
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John Kemp Starley was an English inventor widely considered the inventor of the modern safety bicycle. In 1885 he brought out the Rover, the first commercially successful safety bicycle.
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Co-founded the business with William Sutton in 1877.
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Cycling, Modes Starley pioneered the safety bicycle design that made mass cycling practical and safe, rather than cycling as an activity, which predates his 1885 machine; recorded associated rather than holds for that reason.
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1. Wikipedia: John Kemp Starley
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is widely considered the inventor of the modern safety bicycle, and also originator of the tradename Rover.
1. Wikipedia: John Kemp Starley
WikipediaOperates: Starley & Sutton Co., 1877 business foundingQuote, Operates: Starley & Sutton Co., 1877 business founding
In 1877, he started a new business Starley & Sutton Co with William Sutton, a local cycling enthusiast.
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