History
The first freewheel for a bicycle was patented by William van Anden of Poughkeepsie, New York ; on 23 March 1869, he was issued patent 88,238 for "improvements in velocipedes".
The friction freewheel was a part of the Torpedo bicycle gear hub invented by Ernst Sachs in 1903.
A bicycle freewheel was developed and patented by cycle component manufacturer Villiers Engineering of England in 1902.
The freewheel is sometimes known as the "Stieber Clutch" named after its German developer Ortwin Stieber.
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