Houten hoge vélocipède, Burgers overview
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High wooden velocipede, Burgers, Deventer (Netherlands), 1874

This wooden velocipede was made by Hendrik Burgers in Deventer in 1874. Burgers can be considered the first real Dutch bicycle manufacturer. Many velocipede manufacturers are known from the period 1869-1874, but Burgers was the first to achieve real success. The fact that Burgers had sufficient sales opportunities among the young people of Deventer College probably contributed to this success. The Burgers brand still exists today.