@Tim Kelley 132144 wrote:
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024442/1896-05-24/ed-1/seq-10/
Who wants to put together a couple 120 year old rides?
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Here is the start of the article transcribed:
“There has never been a season when there has been half as much travel on the flying wheel as there has been, is, and is going to continue to be this season.
One of the strongest evidences is the springing up of bicycle stores like mushrooms overnight. Some of them, of course, will pass away almost magically, but there are very many of the new places that will remain. For where a year ago there were three or four wheelmen and wheelwomen, there are now half a dozen, and the parties of ten have grown to scores.
Not a night passes but some gay party passes out for a run through the country. All routes are being tried and becoming better known, so that even the inexperienced, with the assistance of a map and a little information from google can make pleasant and health-giving trips into the open country.
Escape from the heat and air of the city for a few hours a day is possible to every person who cares to learn to ride and can get the small amount to hire a cabi. It is of course better to own one, but no longer absolutely necessary.”
.