Cycling Patents of Yesteryear: No. 1 – A. L. Knighten’s Home Trainer Racing Machine, 1896
The early invention of home trainers led very quickly to stationary bicycle racing as described by G. Lacy Hillier in the Badminton Library’s 1896 volume on Cycling. In the winter home-trainer races are … Continue reading
Bernard Hinault: Le Blaireau et Le Patron
Bernard Hinault (1954- ) is arguably the second greatest cyclist of all time behind non-pareil Eddy Merckx. His palmares is a roll call of cycling’s great races. 5 times winner … Continue reading
The First Home Trainers
The seasonal changing of the clocks marks a wind down in cycling in the northern hemisphere as days become shorter and the longer nights mean less opportunity to get out … Continue reading
‘Well, it doesn’t come up to the poster’
‘What poster?’ asked Harris. ‘The poster advertising this particular brand of cycle,’ explained George. ‘I was looking at one on a hoarding in Sloane Street only a day or two … Continue reading
James ‘Jimmy’ Michael: Welsh Cycling Champion, 1877-1904
Herne Hill, Saturday 30 June 1894. Twenty-two competitors line up in the Summer heat for the Surrey Bicycle Club 100 Mile Invitation Race. Among them is a seventeen year old … Continue reading
Bikes, Dancing, Picnics and Races: Rhyl Cycling Club, 1879-1906
Picture the scene: North Wales, the seaside town of Rhyl on a sunny Whitsuntide Monday in 1885. Outside the Royal Hotel a group of cyclists from clubs in Rhyl, Oxford, … Continue reading
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