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| 1956 || Application (sport) || The first official {{w|BMX}} race is held.<ref name="58 Milestones from Bicycle History You Must Know"/> ||
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| 1958 || Application (sport) || Women compete in the first-ever World Championships on the road and trackin {{w|Reims}}, {{w|France}}. Balina Ermolaeva becomes the first women's World Sprint Champion, with {{w|Elsy Jacobs}} taking the road race.<ref name="Chronology of the Growth of Bicycling and the Development of Bicycle Technology"/><ref name="The History of Bicyclesc"/><ref name="Hello, Bicycle: An Inspired Guide to the Two-Wheeled Life"/> ||{{w|France}}
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| 1962 || Model || The {{w|Moulton bicycle}} is introduced. While not a folding bicycle per se, this model with its small wheels, serves as an inspiration for many folding bicycle designs that would follow.<ref name="58 Milestones from Bicycle History You Must Know"/><ref name="The History of the Folding Bike"/> ||
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| 1993 || Infrastructure || The Trampe bicycle lift (''Sykkelheisen Trampe'' in Norwegian) is invented and installed by Jarle Wanwik.<ref name=CycloCable >{{Cite web |url=http://www.poma.net/en/solutions-2/products/cyclocable-2/ |title=CycloCable |website=Poma|accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref> It is the first and only bicycle [[w:travelator|lift]] in the world.<ref name=DailyMail >{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2865647/Norway-introduces-world-s-bike-escalator.html |title=Cyclist's saviour! World-first ski lift for bikes - the CycloCable - gives riders a 420-feet boost up super steep hill in Norway |date=8 December 2014 |website=Daily Mail|accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Norway}}
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| 1993 || Application (sport) || The first [[w:Cycle Messenger World Championships|Cycle Messenger World Championship]] is held in {{w|Berlin}}.<ref name="Hello, Bicycle: An Inspired Guide to the Two-Wheeled Life"/> || {{w|Germany}}
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| 1994 || Technology || SRAM introduces the disc brake, a metal disc that is attached to the wheel. When the brakes are trigger, the disc slows down, thus forcing the wheel to also slow. Intended primarily for off-road bikes, disc brakes would since become a standard component of mountain bikes.<ref name="58 Milestones from Bicycle History You Must Know"/><ref name="The History of Bicyclesc"/> ||
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| 1995 || Infrastructure || Construction of the {{w|Bogotá's Bike Paths Network}} begins.<ref>{{cite web |title=ANÁLISIS DE LA OPERACIÓN DEL SISTEMA DE CICLORUTAS EN LA CIUDAD DE BOGOTÁ, COMPARADO CON LOS MODELOS APLICADOS EN MEDELLÍN, CHILE, GUADALAJARA, CANADÁ Y HOLANDA |url=https://repository.ucatolica.edu.co/bitstream/10983/2762/1/ANALISIS%20DE%20LOS%20MODELOS%20DE%20CICLORUTAS%20Rev.%2003%20DIC..pdf |website=repository.ucatolica.edu.co |accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Colombia}}
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| 1996 || Application (sport) || {{w|Mountain biking}} is first introduced during the {{w|1996 Summer Olympics}}.<ref name="Hello, Bicycle: An Inspired Guide to the Two-Wheeled Life">{{cite book |last1=Brones |first1=Anna |title=Hello, Bicycle: An Inspired Guide to the Two-Wheeled Life |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=-t6KCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT22&lpg=PT22&dq=1993+Application+(sport)+The+first+Cycle+Messenger+World+Championship+is+held+in+Berlin&source=bl&ots=EJwmPKwoA2&sig=ACfU3U3t-lQww-kIIqUpAT-ITx4jW8FRHA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdrL-l_ZblAhVDGbkGHasFCFsQ6AEwAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=1993%20Application%20(sport)%20The%20first%20Cycle%20Messenger%20World%20Championship%20is%20held%20in%20Berlin&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1997 || Infrastructure || The concept of the bicycle street is incorporated in German road law.<ref name="Another new bicycle street in Utrecht"/> || {{w|Germany}}
| 2003 || Infrastructure || The longest continuous bike path in Europe opens along the {{w|Albacete}}-{{w|Valdeganga}} highway in Spain, a distance of 22km.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030426164749/http://www.lacerca.com/local%202003/pagina%2811-04-03%29-6.htm | title=Inaugurado el carril-bici más grande de Europa|accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref>
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| 2004 || Infrastructure|| The first Dutch “[[w:Bike freeway|bicycle superhighway]]” opens between {{w|Breda}} and {{w|Etten-Leur}}. Since then, many others would be added.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2011/11/first-cycle-superhighway-revisited.html|title=A view from the cycle path: First cycle "superhighway" revisited|accessdate=10 October 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Netherlands}}
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| 2007 || Statistics || {{w|Electric bicycle}}s are thought to make up 10 to 20 percent of all two-wheeled vehicles on the streets of many major Chinese cities by the time.<ref name="Electric bicycle History"/> || {{w|China}}
