"Cycling which was yesterday the fad of the few is to-day the pastime of the many; it has brought wealth to the wayside town and village, has given a new industry to the country, and by taking the place of more expensive forms of locomotion has facilitated in various ways the carrying on of trade." --The Lancet, July 11, 1896.
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Bike Shorts
Bike Shorts 8 April 2009
"The experience was pretty revealing - it opened my eyes to the challenges that cyclists face, which are clearly significant...I wouldn't single out any particular group of motorists, but I saw behaviour ranging from the very courteous to that which was frightening." --Ian Craig, Managing Director of Lothian Buses.
Heh!
Is the "new golf" actually the old "new golf"?
Could it be that this newfangled bicycle thing isn't quite as newfangled as we thought?
Commute
Future of the Automobile (1953)
In 1953 Arthur Brisbane, of the New York Evening Journal, said of the car: "Soon Its Position Will Be Reversed and it Will be the Conveyance of the Laborer", just like the bicycle was before it.
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