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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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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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is widely considered the inventor of the modern safety bicycle, and also originator of the tradename Rover.
Operates: Starley & Sutton Co., 1877 business founding
In 1877, he started a new business Starley & Sutton Co with William Sutton, a local cycling enthusiast.
Preceded By: James Starley, Body text (moved to Coventry to work with his uncle)
In 1872, he moved to Coventry to work with his uncle James Starley, an inventor.
In Group: Cycle and Personal Vehicle Inventors, Lead sentence
John Kemp Starley (24 December 1855-29 October 1901) was an English inventor and industrialist who is widely considered the inventor of the modern safety bicycle, and also originator of the tradename Rover.
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