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Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English.
I'm Sophie.
And I'm Neil.
Did you watch the Tour de France cycling race this summer, Sophie?
No, I didn't.
I'm not a cycling enthusiast, Neil, unlike you.
It was pretty exciting stuff.
In fact, just thinking about it makes me want to jump on my bike and ride off right now.
Don't go just yet, because today's show is all about bicycles,
and I've got a question for you.
Who invented the first pneumatic or air-filled cycle tyre in 1888?
Was it A, John Boyd Dunlop, B, Charles Goodyear,
or C, Harvey Samuel Firestone?
Well, I'm going to go for A, John Boyd Dunlop.
Can I go now?
No, you can't.
We'll find out later on in the show if you got the tyre question right or not.
But first, I'd like you to tell us a bit about the history of the bike.