Karl Drais
While others were perfecting steam engines, Karl Drais dared to ask, “What if legs… but faster?” He invented the "Laufmaschine" – basically a bicycle with no pedals – because walking was too slow, and saddling a horse was too much drama.
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29 April 1785
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Forestry master, inventor
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Holy Roman Empire – German Confederation
#about
Drais wasn’t trying to fit in – he was trying to roll past history, preferably downhill.
#lessons
Innovation often looks ridiculous – at first.
Be brave enough to keep rolling.
@book
No Summer, No Money, Big Dreams
How are bicycles and milk chocolate related? Why would they hardly appear if not for a volcano eruption somewhere in Indonesia? Were they three men in a boat or on a bike, and what was the life plan of the man who told their story?