The penny-farthing bicycle was the first vechicle called bicycle. With its large front wheel, it was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, before the modern bicycles became fashionable.Read More »What was the penny-farthing bicycle?
I had coffee out on the terrasse with the team manager of one of the big bicycle manufacturers. He said it had been a very… Read More »“if Bottechia had not abandoned it at Pamplona”
“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.” (Mark Twain: Taming the Bicycle)
The first stage of Tour de France in 1936 run in pouring rain.
Passo dello Stelvio (Stelvio Pass) is a 2757 m high pass in the Alps. The ascent was introduced to the Giro d’Italia in 1953. That stage was won by Fausto CoppiRead More »Aldo Moser on the Stelvio (Giro d’Italia 1965)
2000 Andrei Tchmil (Lotto–Adecco) 2001 Gianluca Bortolami (Tacconi Sport–Vini Caldirola) 2002 Andrea Tafi (Mapei–Quick-Step) 2003 Peter van Petegem (Lotto–Domo) 2004 Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile Team) 2005… Read More »Ronde van Vlaanderen winners since 2000
In September 1893, a young sixteen-year-old girl rode on bicycle from Brighton to London and back. The road between the two cities was 190 km (120… Read More »Cycling record of a sixteen-year-old girl
“When you have reached the point in bicycling where you can balance the machine tolerably fairly and propel it and steer it, then comes your… Read More »How to mount a bicycle
Edmond Jacquelin, one of the first stars in the history of cycling races was born on the 15th March 1875 in Santenay, France. He started… Read More »Cycling Who’s Who: Edmond Jacquelin
“A solitary cyclist was coming towards us. His head was down and his shoulders rounded, as he put every ounce of energy that he possessed… Read More »“He was flying like a racer”