Publisher's Synopsis
The 5th International Cycle History Conference was held from the 2nd to the 4th of September 1994 in Cambridge and was attended by cycle historians from around the world. A wide range of topics were presented, some of the most significant ones being the emergence of commercial production and marketing, and the continuity of historic development to the present time.;This volume of academic research on the early history of the bicycle contains the texts of the presentations made at the conference.