Cycling history at the Lucerne Conference on transport history
The 7th conference of the International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M), held in Lucerne, November 5-8, 2009, was a success for cycling history. It was the first T2M Conference in which a separate session was…
Upcoming papers on the history of bicycle innovation and the human-powered vehicle movement
At the upcoming T2M Conference on transport history in Lucerne (November 5-8), dedicated to the theme of ‘Energy and Innovation’, there will be a separate session on the history of the bicycle. The scheduled three contributions are by Peter Cox…
Article on Dutch bicycle historiography published
Our article on Dutch bicycle historiography has appeared: Manuel Stoffers and Harry Oosterhuis, ‘ “Ons populairste vervoermiddel”. De Nederlandse fietshistoriografie in internationaal perspectief’, in: Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden, 124(2009), nr. 3, pp. 390-418. The article, while highlighting…
Article on Dutch bicycle historiography accepted
The historiographical article in which this online Cycling History Bibliography is announced has been accepted for the Low Countries Historical Review / Bijdragen en Mededelingen betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden (BMGN). It will be published in October 2009, in BMGN 124-3. The article, written by…
Information on the background image
The background image at the top of this website is a detail from a photograph in the collection of Heemkundekring Schaijk-Reek (nr. SAKc1000027g). It was taken in the village of Schaijk (municipality Landerd, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands), in the 1950s or early 1960s. The…