A Social History of the Bicycle, Its Early Life and Times in America |
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Page 195
... cyclists , and cyclists running over pedestrians . This forerunner of automotive carnage took its toll in scalp wounds , broken thighbones , skull fractures , and lesser abrasions and bruises too numerous to mention . Many of the ...
... cyclists , and cyclists running over pedestrians . This forerunner of automotive carnage took its toll in scalp wounds , broken thighbones , skull fractures , and lesser abrasions and bruises too numerous to mention . Many of the ...
Page 212
... cyclist could go anyplace on an asphalted or macadamized road . With the Brooklyn example before them , in 1897 the New York City branches of the LAW raised the hue and cry against bad streets to a crescendo . Cyclists filled the good ...
... cyclist could go anyplace on an asphalted or macadamized road . With the Brooklyn example before them , in 1897 the New York City branches of the LAW raised the hue and cry against bad streets to a crescendo . Cyclists filled the good ...
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... cyclists spun around and concentrated on tolls for using the Brooklyn Bridge . This time they won . Bicycles were not charged for crossing . The plain fact was that any agency , public or private , that tried to infringe on either the ...
... cyclists spun around and concentrated on tolls for using the Brooklyn Bridge . This time they won . Bicycles were not charged for crossing . The plain fact was that any agency , public or private , that tried to infringe on either the ...
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