Summer bike camps> Extreme bike camps> Mountain bike camps> Summer bike tours>Bicycle History> Summer bike camps are a great getaway. Extreme bike camps and mountain bike camps rank high in popularity but teen cycling takes on a larger dimension with summer bike tours. The Student Hosteling Program brings the cycling experience of teens and students to a new heights and depths with their popular teen bike tours. There are US bike tours, Canadian bike tours, and European bike tours to choose from. Teen bike tours offer what no summer bike camps can provide, a sense of the world's grandeur. The bicycle is itself is a grand and multinational product. Beginning in Germany, it reappeared in France, onto England, and finally to the USA before its development was complete. Here's a little bicycle history to note the stages.






Teen Bike Tours Student Hosteling Program A bit of bicycle history


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1817

Until 1817, things didn't look promising. Then a breakthrough was made by Karl Von Drais. Von Drais developed a front steering mechanism and added it to the hobby horse in order to negotiate the paths more easily. Karl Von Drais' other inventions include the binary digit system, the meat grinder and the typewriter.

Draisienne, 1817

1816 Draisienne

Notice the fine wood construction.

 Later, one of his workers discovered that it was possible to balance on two wheels while coasting down a hill. This is by far the most significant discovery in bicycling history. He called his new vehicle the Draisienne. It was published in German newspapers in 1817.