The category cycling in the 19th century moved to a special project called CYCLING REVOLUTION. It’s part of the PelotonTales blogfamily, focusing rather on the impact of the bicycle on the modern life.
Josef Fischer, the winner of the first Paris-Roubaix (1896) was born on the 20th January, 1865 in Atzlern (near München, Germany). Fischer participated in several… Read More »Faces from the peloton: Josef Fischer (1865-1953)
Not only men, but also women liked to compete against the hour since the beginning of the history of cycling. Here are the women who… Read More »Female hour record holders in the 19th century
THE 19TH CENTURY CYCLING CONTENT MOVED TO. THE CYCLING REVOLUTION BLOG, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF PELOTONTALES BLOG FAMILY. Marie (1867-1934) and Pierre Curie (1857-1906)… Read More »Marie and Pierre Curie on their honeymoon (Vintage cycling image of the day)
The second edition of Paris-Roubaix was held on the 18th April 1897. 32 professional and 28 amateur cyclists departed in the rainy Paris, but the… Read More »Maurice Garin after winning Paris-Roubaix 1897
The first Bordeaux-Paris was held on the 23rd May in 1891. The route was 560 km long, the race was won by George Pilkington Mills.
“It was up Kingston Hill that he first noticed a peculiar feeling, a slight tightness at his knees; but he noticed, too, at the top… Read More »“the pleasure of riding”
The founding father of the Tour de France, Henri Desgrange (1865-1940) was a cyclist in his younger days. He set twelve world track cycling records,… Read More »Henri Desgrange, the cyclist
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?
“Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.” (Mark Twain: Taming the Bicycle)
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