Cycling Patents of Yesteryear: No. 6 – Ogden Bolton Jr’s Electrical Bicycle, 1895
Sometimes cycling is just too much like hard work. All that pushing of pedals and pumping of legs can wear a body out. So what better than adding a little … Continue reading
A History of Cycling in n+1 Objects: No. 4 – Paris-Roubaix Cobblestone
“Just you wait, my dears, and see what happens on the cobbles. And, indeed, you see soon enough. Or rather, you hear, because it’s the din that hits you first … Continue reading
Cycling Shorts: Two Boys on Bicycles, 1970’s
I’m not sure exactly when in the 1970’s, or even where this photograph was taken, but the row of terraced houses makes me think this is probably somewhere in the … Continue reading
Cycling Stamps
Stamps are little works of art and while I’m not a collector (there was a brief flirtation with philately as a child but enthusiasm waned once I had a collection … Continue reading
The Imprisonment of Knees – Victorian Men’s Cycling Attire
Originally posted on The Victorian Cyclist:
For the many middle-class men who took to cycling in the 1890s, before they mounted their bicycles they were faced with a new and…
Bike Wars: The New York Midtown Bike Ban 1987
In 1987 the streets of New York were in gridlock. Nose-to-tail traffic inched its way through highways and byways, belching exhaust fumes. Through this semi-static chaos sped the bike messengers, … Continue reading
Classic ‘Race’ Posters
I love old cycling posters. They capture something that seems missing in today’s multimedia always online world. Perhaps its because they portray a past that didn’t really exist, a golden … Continue reading
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