Bicycle History
Articles
Milestones: Eddy Merckx and the Tour de France That Almost Wasn’t
On the evening of Saturday June 28, 1969, a young Belgian cyclist just 24 years of age, dressed in the white and red colors of the Faema squad and wearing dossard #51, took his place on the start-line of the 56th Tour de France...
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First Taste of Freedom Highlights the History of Bicycle Marketing
By Charles Pekow -
The major market for bicycles should be adults. No – children, mainly boys. People who need to get to work. No,...
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Feats of an Avid Cyclist: Frank Lenz's 1892 Ride Through Yellowstone
By Janet Chapple -
"Rapid transit of some kind . . . will reverse the present order of having to ride in a continuous cloud...
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Milestones: 100 Years of the Maillot Jaune
2019 marks a number of milestones in the history of the Tour de France. It is the 30th anniversary of Greg LeMond’s 58-second defeat of...
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