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Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State

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Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State - Gant, Jesse J, and Hoffman, Nicholas J
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Wheel Fever tells the early history of cycling in Wisconsin, from the velocipedes of the 1870s to the high-wheels of the 1880s and standard and racing models of the 1980s. Early riders embraced the bicycle as a solution to the age-old problem of how to get from here to there in the quickest and easiest way possible. Yet for every supporter of the "poor man's horse," there were others who wanted to keep the rights and privileges of riding to an elite set, setting up a tension that continues to this day. From "boneshakers" to ...

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Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State 2013, Wisconsin Historical Society Press

ISBN-13: 9780870206139

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