German Baron Karl von Drais first introduced the two-wheeled tandem
human-powered wooden-framed vehicle to the world, in the summer of
1817, its rider gamely steering with the front wheel while pushing
along with his feet. After that history is rather vague about the
bicycle. We know that the mechanically powered velocipede took off
in the 1860s, soon followed by the Penny Farthing, but it wasn't
until the late nineteenth century that the golden age of bicycles
took off as people realised the freedoms afforded by self-powered
travel, and touring and racing became popular pastimes. Today of
course cycling is a global phenomenon both in professional sporting
and non-professional spheres. This book of stunning photographs
charts the evolution of the bicycle across 200 years of history.
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