Editing Tricycle (section)

==History==
[[File:Rollstuhl Farfler 1655.jpg|thumb|[[Stephan Farffler]]'s hand-controlled three-wheeled wheelchair]]
[[File:سه‌چرخه.jpg|thumb|19th century tricycle used in Iran]]
A three-wheeled [[wheelchair]] was built in 1655 or 1680 by a disabled German man, [[Stephan Farffler]], who wanted to be able to maintain his mobility. A watch-maker, Farffler created a vehicle that was powered by hand cranks.<ref name="Greene p. 21">{{Cite book | title=Free on Three: The Wild World of Human Powered Recumbent Tadpole Tricycles | publisher=iUniverse | author=Steve Greene | year=2011 | pages=21 | isbn=978-1462021604}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | title=Medical Innovations - Wheelchair | journal=Science Reporter | volume=44 | year=2007 | page=397 }}</ref>

In 1789, two French inventors<!---, Blanchard and Maguier----> developed a three-wheeled vehicle, powered by pedals; they called it the tricycle.<ref name="Greene p. 21" />

In 1818, British inventor Denis Johnson patented his approach to designing tricycles.{{Clarify|reason=citation needed|date=January 2021}} In 1876, [[James Starley]] developed the Coventry Lever Tricycle, which used two small wheels on the right side and a large drive wheel on the left side; power was supplied by hand levers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title=History of Tricycles |url=https://tricyclehub.com/history-of-tricycles/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=When and who invented the first Trike? |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1877, Starley developed a new vehicle he called the Coventry Rotary, which was "one of the first rotary chain drive tricycles." Starley's inventions started a [[Bike boom|tricycling craze]] in Britain; by 1879, there were "twenty types of tricycles and multi-wheel cycles ... produced in Coventry, England, and by 1884, there were over 120 different models produced by 20 manufacturers." The first front steering tricycle was manufactured in 1881 by The Leicester Safety Tricycle Company of Leicester, England, which was brought to the market in 1882 costing £18 ({{Inflation|index=UK|value=18|start_year=1882|r=0|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}). They also developed a folding tricycle at the same time.

Tricycles were used by riders who did not feel comfortable on the high wheelers, such as women who wore long, flowing dresses (see [[rational dress]]).

In September, 1903 [[Edmund Payne]], the popular comedian, started an attempt to beat the twenty-four hours' unpaced Tricycle record. At 100 miles Payne was inside his schedule time, but shortly afterwards had to desist at [[Wisbech]], having encountered five hours of incessant rain.<ref>{{cite news|title= Edmund Payne|newspaper= North Down Herald and County Down Independent |date= 11 September 1903|page= 3}}</ref>