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W. H. J. Grout

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}William Henry James Grout (1839–1915) was a pioneering inventor and manufacturer of bicycles. He patented the Grout Tension Bicycle in 1870 which introduced several innovations including hollow forks to save weight, rubber tyres for a better ride and adjustable spokes which could be tensioned to align the wheel.^[1] He also devised a portable version of the penny-farthing, whose front wheel could be dismantled into four sections for carrying.^[2]

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1. ^{{citation |title=Of bicycles, bakelites, and bulbs |author=Wiebe E. Bijker |page=35 |publisher=MIT Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-262-52227-4}}
2. ^{{citation |title=Bicycle: The History |last = Herlihy |first = David V. |authorlink=David V. Herlihy |page=314 |chapter=Portable Bicycles |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-300-12047-9}}

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