 Munyori wezvemabhizimisi Albert Pope akafuridzirwa nebhasikoro rine mavhiri akakwirira rakaitwa kuBritain rinonzi velocipede raakaona paPhiladelphia Centennial Exposition muna 1876, uye akatenga kodzero dzepamutemo dzokugadzira mabhasikoro muUnited States. Zvisinei, aida kuita basa rake rokutanga, saka akaenda kuna George Fairfield weWeed Sewing Machine Company, uyo akabudisa mabhasikoro okutanga aPope muna 1878. Mabhasikoro akaratidzika kuva kubudirira kukuru mune zvokutengeserana, uye kugadzirwa kwakawedzerwa mufekitari yaWeed, naWeed achigadzira rutivi rwuri rwose kunze kwamatayi. Kudiwa kwamabhasikoro kwakapfuura musika wemichina yokusonesa wakanga uchikundikana pakazosvika 1890, naizvozvo Pope akatenga fekitari yeWeed, akatora nzvimbo somutungamiriri wayo, uye akaitumidzazve kuti Pope Manufacturing Company. Kufarirwa kwebhasikoro kwakanga kusingagari kwenguva refu, kuchisvika pakakwirira pedyo nokuchinja kwezana ramakore apo vatengi vakawanda zvikuru vaida kufamba nemotokari, uye kambani yaPope yakatambura mune zvemari kubva pakuwandisa kwekugadzira pakati pekuderera kwekuda. 