The dandy horse is a foot-propelled vehicle, powered by the rider's feet on the ground instead of the pedals of later bicycles. It was invented by Karl Drais (who called it a Laufmaschine [German: [ˈlaʊfmaˌʃiːnə], "running machine"]) in 1817, and then patented by him in France in February 1818 using the term vélocipède.

最早的自行车又叫“洋马儿”（Dandy horse），于1818年由德国的Karl Drais男爵和他的庄园管家Otto Schillinger共同设计并制作完成并取得专利。 “洋马儿”是一种偷懒余地很有限的人力车。

Their wooden design was named Laufmaschine (translated from German as “running machine”), and they secured German patent in January of 1818. This design quickly became popular across the Europe under the names of velocipede (which featured one very large and one very small wheel) and Draisine or Draisienne in France.

In 1817 German inventor Karl Drais invented the Laufmaschine ("running machine"), later called the velocipede, draisine (English) or "draisienne" (French), or nick-named, dandy horse. This incorporated the two-wheeler principle that is basic to the bicycle and motorcycle and represented the beginning of mechanized personal transportation.

2023年12月20日 · The first “bicycle” — that is, a two-wheeled, human-powered transport — was invented in 1818 by a German baron. Aptly nicknamed the “dandy horse,” this bone-shaker was simply a wooden frame over a pair of in-line metal wheels and a handlebar for steering.

The dandy horse is a foot-propelled vehicle, powered by the rider's feet on the ground instead of the pedals of later bicycles. It was invented by Karl Drais (who called it a Laufmaschine [ German: [ ˈlaʊfmaˌʃiːnə ] , "running machine"]) in 1817, and then patented by him in France in February 1818 using the term vélocipède .

2016年6月23日 · A human-powered vehicle that, being the first means of transport to make use of the two-wheeler principle, the dandy horse is regarded as the archetype of the bicycle. It was invented by Baron Karl Drais in Mannheim, Germany, and patented in France in February 1818 (Badenian privilege in January 1818).

2010年10月18日 · A basic dandy horse in 1818 cost the equivalent of about $800 in today’s money, which made it a rather expensive plaything. The best of these were constructed by carriage builders; the more crude ones were cobbled together by blacksmiths.

The dandy horse was invented by Baron Karl Drais in Mannheim, Germany, and patented in France in February 1818 (Badenian privilege in January 1818). It is also known as a Laufmaschine (Drais' own terminology, German for "running machine"), the official designation velocipede , or draisine (a term now used primarily for light auxiliary railcars ...

In 1818, Karl von Drais patented his design, which was the first commercially successful two-wheeled, steerable, human-propelled machine, commonly called a velocipede, and nicknamed hobby-horse or dandy horse. It was initially manufactured in Germany and France.