"In Paris shortly after 1860... or his employee fitted pedals to the front-wheel axle of a velocipede, creating... the "boneshaker." Later, Lallement took up residence in New Haven, Conn., and on November 20, 1866, obtained a patent (No. 59915) covering a similar machine, entitled "improvement in velocipedes." The patent drawing reveals a saddle attached to a spring... [and] weighted, pivoting pedals."