I’ve been running an occasional series of press extracts, advertisements and historical quotes relating to bicycles, bicycling and bicyclism. Ultimately, the idea is to tie these together into some form of comparative socio-cultural history.

Until then, this page will hopefully provide a handy compendium…the links below pull up collections of typical posts sorted by tag.

R:B

See all posts featuring QUOTATIONS :: PRESS EXTRACTS :: ADVERTISEMENTS

OR

View a RANDOM PAGE from this blog

Additional bibliography:

Rosen, Paul, Framing Production: Technology, Culture and Change in the British Bicycle Industry, Cambridge, Mass., 2002, 238p., ISBN: 978-0262182256,

Norcliffe, Glen, The Ride to Modernity: The Bicycle in Canada, 1869-1900, Toronto, 2001, 288p., ISBN: 9780802082053