"SHIRE VELOCIPEDE, 1879 U.S.N.M. No. 248087... photograph No. 30650-D; plate 11, a ...Built at a rather late date for this type... "boneshaker"... marked "J. Shire, Patent allowed May 10, 1879, Detroit, Mich." ...John Shire, of Detroit, Mich., was granted patent No. 216231 on June 3, 1879, covering "improvement in velocipedes."... The high, wire-wheeled ordinary was... on the market by 1879, and... this crude machine... seems anachronistic. It... was built in the future capital of the automotive world. The forked frame and the front-wheel fork are both made of wood with iron reinforcements. The front-wheel fork pivots... straight wooden handle bars surmounting it. The upper end of a nearly vertical wooden brace also serves as a pivot point for the front fork. The lower end of the brace is connected by iron bars to the lower extremity of the frame. Both of the wheels have wooden hubs, spokes, and felloes, with thin metal tires. ...Wooden crank arms, having a 5-inch throw ...not adjustable for ...working length, are attached to the front axle. Spool-shaped wooden pedals are mounted at the ends of the arms. Oil cups are mounted at each end of the two axles. A wide wooden mudguard is affixed above the rear wheel. ...There is no brake on the machine."