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while attending high school, and landing his first job in 1899 with Marquis Michele Carcano di Anzano del Parcos, a bicycle manufacturer in Affori, about 52 miles north of his birthplace in Voghera. The 18-year-old Carlo developed a one-cylinder internal combustion engine that allowed his employer to modify its bicycles by motorizing them. The ingenious inventor used a leather strap in the transmission design. Carlo’s Racing Career The sporty Carlo wasn’t content to merely build the engines; he wanted to race the motorbikes, too. His employer agreed, and Carlo

Bicycle pioneer Michele Carcano (left), woman, and engineer Carlo Maserati (right), showing various motorized equipment (probably Maserati’s inventions).

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