Jules Suriray

Jules Pierre Suriray was a Parisian bicycle mechanic who patented, in 1869, the use of ball bearings in bicycles.

Suriray was awarded the patent on 2 August 1869. Bearings were then fitted to the winning bicycle ridden by James Moore (cyclist), James Moore in the world's first road bicycle racing, bicycle road race, Paris–Rouen (cycle race), Paris–Rouen, in November 1869. The bicycle is believed to have been built by Tribout.Jules Pierre Suviray. On trouve sa statue dans la cours du musée des Arts et Métiers à Paris.

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Bearings (mechanical)
19th-century French engineers
Sportspeople from Paris
19th-century French inventors
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing

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