Thank you Neil, I had some of the same inventions rattling round my brain but could not have produced the dates.
How about the diamond framed cycle? - the good ol' Rover Safety Bicycle.
"The first mechanically-propelled 2-wheel vehicle was believed to have been built by Kirkpatrick MacMillan, a Scottish blacksmith, in 1839"
I'll give the French Aluminium if they accept Carbon Fibre.
The battle lines are drawn!
I would like to hear from someone who is *actually* French before i decide wether tha term frog is offensive. I imagine it's met with a disdainful Gallic shrug and a laugh.
The most 'Irish' Irishman I ever met was born and raised in Boston.
Simon "Rosbif" Bird