Wheelmen of the Past

[Jgrooms]

1885!


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[Cicli]

Probably wearing a wool suit.

[Jad]

Great find. I like that a horse--"living or dead"--was used as a point of reference for travel time.

[marciero]

Very cool. The "Mr. Munger of Detroit" has got to be the same guy who features prominently in the career of Major Taylor.

[OtayBW]

...a splendid triumph of pluck and strength....!

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by Jad

Great find. I like that a horse--"living or dead"--was used as a point of reference for travel time.

Dead horses have to be beaten more.

[bikinchris]

It should be said that at the very same time the bicycle was being touted as a healthful conveyance and means of recreation (for boys and men), it was being said that it would drive women insane and be the cause of their going to hell and a myriad of health problems in pulpits all over. Thank goodness they didn't listen.

[dancinkozmo]

i think they just got around to repaving that stretch of road between coburg and kingston last summer

[Jgrooms]

Originally Posted by Jad

Great find. I like that a horse--"living or dead"--was used as a point of reference for travel time.

You never know what you’ll find in old newspapers. I was researching macadam roads in Nebr circa 1885.


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[rousseau]

Here's an image of Kingston Road east of Toronto from Wikipedia from the 1830s:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_2#History

Is that macadam? It looks like mud to me. Though this would have been 60 years previous to the cycling exploits of the story.

[Black Dog]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

Dead horses have to be beaten more.

And around here we have beaten our share of dead horses too.