We should be thankful that Pierre Lallement was an inventor and not some couch potato who played on the xbox 360 all day long.

He filed the earliest and only patent for the pedal-bicycle in April 1866, the patent being awarded on November 20, 1866. His patent drawing shows a machine bearing a great resemblance to the style of dandy-horse built by Denis Johnson of London, with its serpentine frame, the only differences being the addition of the pedals and cranks, and a thin strip of iron above the frame acting as a spring upon which he mounted the saddle, to provide a more comfortable ride.

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