Cycle History 3, Conference Proceedings

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Cycle History 3

Proceedings, 3rd International Cycling History Conference

Edited by Rob van der Plas

Format:	8½ x 11 in. softcover (photocopied and bound)
Description:	160 pages with 50 black & white illustrations
ISBN:	N/A
Price:	US$50

Another volume in our series of Proceedings of the International Cycling History Conferences. Included are all the papers presented at the 6th Conference, held in Neckarsulm, Germany, 1992. Please note that this is a paper-bound photocopied volume.

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Author Title of Paper Page

Les Bowerman Lewis Gompertz & His Addition to the Velocipede 23

Nick Clayton Hans Renold and the Birth of the Cycle Chain 23

Alastair Dodds Kirkpatrick Macmillan Inventor of the Bicycle: Fact or Heresay? 35

Jan Hult The “Svea” (1892) and the “Itera” (1982): Two unsuccessful Swedish bicycle projects 53

Hans-Erhard Lessing The Bicycle and Science — From Drais Until Today
La bicyclette et la science — de Drais à aujourd’hui 71
87

Walter Ulreich Anton Burg et fils, constructeurs de Draisiennes à Vienne 91

Jan Hult La “Svea” (1892) et “L'Itera”(1982) bicyclettes experimentales sans succes 96

Wilhelm Matthies Union Frönenberg 98

Nicholas Clayton Hans Renold et la naissance de la chaine de bicyclette 100

Paul Simsa La bicyclette et le moteur 102

Andrew Millward L'Industrie du cycle á Birmingham de 1890 á 1930 103

Waltraud Wende La liberté par la bicyclette 104

Roland Sauvaget Notes sur Vernon Blake 105

Rüdiger Rabenstein D'Exporateur a coureur cycliste 107

Wilhelm Matthies Founded in the Crisis: UNION-Fröndenberg — Commentary on the history of a company in the German bicycle-parts industry 109

Andrew Millward The Cycle Trade in Birmingham 1890-1920 129

Nicholas Oddy “As Good As New”: Attitudes to the Authentic in Cycle Restoration and Conservation 155

Rüdiger Rabenstein From Explorer to Racing Cyclist: Socio-historical developments in the early chapter of cycle racing 169

Roland Sauvaget Notes on Vernon Blake (1875-1930) 185

Paul Simsa Hot Rod: The Bicycle and the Engine 197

Walter Ulreich Anton Burg and Son — the Viennese hobbyhorse manufacturer 205

Waltraud Wende To Freedom by Bike 225

Keizo Kobayashi The Velocipede in France, from Karl von Drais to Pierre Michaux, 1818-1861 237

Raymond Henry One of Velocio's Bicycles: A Crypto bicycle with a Whippet derailleur 251

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Cycle History 3

Proceedings, 3rd International Cycling History Conference

Edited by Rob van der Plas

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