Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
While the ordinary was exclusively used by men, women were allowed to use bicycles such as the two-seater sociable, the tandem bicycle, and the tricycle. Beginning in the late 1860s companionate riding became a popular social activity for men and women. These vehicles allowed men and women to develop new methods of coed socialization.
U.S. bike boom of 1965–1975: The period of 1965–1975 saw adult cycling increase sharply in popularity – with Time magazine calling it "the bicycle's biggest wave of popularity in its 154-year history" [4] The period was followed by a sudden [5] fall in sales, resulting in a large inventory of unsold bicycles.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The Capital Bicycle Club was an early American cycling club based in Washington, D.C. During the late 1870s, Interest in cycling spread across the United States following the increased importation and marketing of Ordinary-style bicycles (also known as penny-farthings). On January 31, 1879, a group of seven cycling enthusiasts founded the club.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 02:19, 9 July 2010: 808 × 533 (116 KB): Entertainment Buff {{Information |Description={{en|1=3 women on bicycles on unpaved country road, USA, late 19th Century.}} |Source=Father of JGKlein, used with permission |Author=Father of JGKlein, used with permission |Date=Late 19th Cent
Bicycle historians often call this period the "golden age" or "bicycle craze". By the start of the 20th century, cycling had become an important means of transportation, and in the United States an increasingly popular form of recreation. Bicycling clubs for men and women spread across the U.S. and across European countries.
By the turn of the century, cycling clubs flourished on both sides of the Atlantic, and touring and racing became widely popular. The Raleigh Bicycle Company was founded in Nottingham, England in 1888. It became the biggest bicycle manufacturing company in the world, making over two million bikes per year. [40]
Bicycle law in the United States regulates the use of bicycles.Although bicycle law is a relatively new specialty within the law, first appearing in the late 1980s, its roots date back to the 1880s and 1890s, when cyclists were using the courts to assert a legal right to use the roads.