who invented bicycle

who invented bicycle | inventor of bicycle

David V. Herlihy, writer of the award winning book, "Bicycle: The History," disputes the claim that Michaux invented the "mechanical horse," i.e. the bicycle. He attributes it to Pierre Lallement, another French carriage maker, who built a bicycle in 1862. The following year he moved to Connecticut and interested an investor, James Carroll, to share the first U.S. patent for a bicycle, which they obtained in 1866.