
Bicycling Beginnings- Annie Londonderry
It wasn’t long after the advent of the bicycle that people began to see how far they could take it. One of the most notable…
It wasn’t long after the advent of the bicycle that people began to see how far they could take it. One of the most notable…
At the beginning of the 20th century, people’s affinity for biking had more to do with location than anything else. In Europe, popularity and safety…
Where young men were the primary riders of the Penny-Farthing, after bikes became safer with the development of the Safety Bike, women took over. Lacking…
It seems people of the late 1800s were less than thrilled with having their heads smashed into the ground on a regular basis. The Penny-Farthing,…
Remember, the roads in the late 1800’s were not the smooth bike paths we have to ride on now, but that didn’t stop people from…
You’re living in France between 1868 and 1870. I know you aren’t actually, but pretend with me for a moment. In this imagined scenario, you’re…
Continuing to delve into the history of biking means continuing to fall into possible theories, but not many verifiable facts. So, as with most of…
Last week, almost nothing I wrote was verifiable. With the entire column taken up by rebuked theories, in retrospect I probably could have skipped that…
Bikes haven’t been around for all that long when considering how long humans have occupied the Earth. In the grand scheme of things, most people spent…
By Hannah Withiam Wouldn’t you know it: yet another Rio Olympic venue is under fire for dangerous terrain that received inadequate attention. “I’m surprised someone…
You might get hurt, but feel that breeze. Doesn’t that make it worth the risk?
At the end of your handlebars there are, or should be, tiny pieces of rubber or metal to blunt the jagged metal ends of your…
In the Tour de France, equipping your bike with a small electric motor is called mechanical doping, and is considered cheating. But for the rest…
The opening stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake in China was affected by a huge crash after a spectator walked across the road just…
If you’re out of shape, sometimes it feels like your bike is taunting you.