The Cycle Industry, its origin, history and latest developments - Free Audiobook
Author(s): Walter Ferdinando Grew,
1 / 21Early history and origin of the bicycle
- 1. Early history and origin of the bicycle
- 2. The tricycle era
- 3. Tandem bicycles
- 4. Materials
- 5. From the stores to the railway dray
- 6. Production methods
- 7. The pneumatic and other tyres
- 8. Change speed gears
- 9. Spring frames
- 10. The trade and racing
- 11. The cycle boom
- 12. Roads in Great Britain
- 13. The weight question
- 14. The bicycle on the continent
- 15. Military and other service bicycles
- 16. In the factory
- 17. Accessories
- 18. Pioneer rides
- 19. The motor cycle
- 20. The future of the industry
- 21. Advertisements
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From the velocipede to the motor cycle in twenty chapters. A short history of the British bicycle industry from its origins in a Coventry sewing machine factory in 1868 to its transformation into one of the countries most important industries. A reminder of the days when bicycles ruled the roads from the Pitman's Common Commodities and Industry Series. - Summary by Phil Benson
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