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Informationen zum Autor After teaching history for ten years! Ian Jones joined the staff of Harlow Museum as Education Assistant in 1974. After becoming Museum Officer in 1980! he became responsible for the setting up of the Mark Hall Cycle Museum to house the John Collins Collection of veteran cycles. The museum opened in 1982 and received a Civic Trust award in the same year. Aided by the detailed knowledge of John Collins! the curator at Mark Hall! the author developed his own considerable interest in the subject. Klappentext The safety bicycle! with front-wheel steering and pedal-driven rear wheel! has existed since the experiments of Kirkpatrick Macmillan in 1839! but his ideas were forgotten when the front-wheel driven boneshakers and penny farthings reigned supreme. In the 1870s! experimental safeties appeared! culminating in Henry Lawson's Bicyclette of 1879. A fascinating history of the evolution of the bicycle, spanning more than 150 years. Zusammenfassung The safety bicycle, with front-wheel steering and pedal-driven rear wheel, has existed since the experiments of Kirkpatrick Macmillan in 1839, but his ideas were forgotten when the front-wheel driven boneshakers and penny farthings reigned supreme. In the 1870s, experimental safeties appeared, culminating in Henry Lawson's Bicyclette of 1879. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction /Origins and development /Work and play /Advances and failures /Further reading /Places to visit /
