The Victorian Inventor of the Wheelie

Today daredevil cyclists have a passionate following but you'd be mistaken if you thought this was the first generation to perform death defying bicycle tricks.
Way back in 1897 trick bicycle rider Daniel J. Canary was called "the father of us all." Canary performed amazing feats on the high-wheel, but when he got his hands on the newly-invented "safety bicycle," similar to the bikes we know today, he did even more: he invented the wheelie.

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