Sentences with phrase «bicycle mechanics who»

The latest work of popular history from reader favorite and two - time Pulitzer Prize winner McCullough sounds irresistible: Two bicycle mechanics who grew up in a house without plumbing or electricity (but plenty of books) manage to create one of the greatest inventions in human history — the first flying machine.

While the leading experts around the world — with well - funded, never - ending resources at hand — were trying (and dramatically failing) to become the first to fly, it was these two bicycle mechanics who didn't have a college education, who saw each new problem standing in their way of flight as one amazing step closer to solving the problem.

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In 1991, in San Luis Obispo, California, Roger Malinowski, a bicycle industry maven, met Philip Novotny, an airline mechanic, who had turned a decrepit beach cruiser bike into a versatile, lightweight, single - track bike trailer, called the YAK, and was rolling them out of his machine shop on a small scale.

In fact the first dog to travel across America in a car was a Pit Bull (Bud) who traveled along with the first persons (Horatio Jackson and his assistant and «bicycle» mechanic Sewall Crocker) to cross America in a car (a Winton named the Vermont).

Resumes in the field show that those who are interested in becoming Bicycle Mechanics can earn certification as a mechanic via mechanics school Mechanics can earn certification as a mechanic via mechanics school mechanics school programs.