http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: On the trail of 'the first cyclist' en Mon, 18 May 2026 18:52:30 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8323#post-94784 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:22:36 +0000 Min 94784@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Great stuff.</p> <p><em>Soon he was able to travel the 14 miles to Dumfries in less than an hour</em></p> <p>That is pretty impressive. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8323#post-94778 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:50:31 +0000 kaputnik 94778@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/8285934488/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8285934488_00626c0714.jpg"></a></p> <p>Having studied the only grainy picture I could find, it's more about the mutton chops and chinstrap beard than the sideburns for KP, I think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=8323#post-83219 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 18:57:46 +0000 crowriver 83219@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kirkpatrick Macmillan: 200th anniversary of man who pioneered pedal cycles<br /> By Giancarlo Rinaldi<br /> South Scotland reporter, BBC Scotland news website</p> <p>Maybe it is something in the sideburns.</p> <p>Tour de France winner and Olympic hero Bradley Wiggins has made a bit of a trademark of his own fine facial hair.</p> <p>And the man who many reckon paved the way for his endeavours also sported some impressive whiskers.</p> <p>Kirkpatrick Macmillan, widely-credited as the inventor of the modern pedal-driven bicycle, was born in the Dumfriesshire village of Kier on 2 September 1812.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-19423947" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-19423947</a> </p>