ABSTRACT
The Bicycle has been in existence ten or at the most twelve years. The Tricycle in its present form was invented about four years ago. In the way of literature, cycling supports several weekly newspapers, as well as some magazines and annuals. Mr. James Starley, an inventive genius and manufacturer, of Coventry, who died in 1881, after living long enough to acquire a fortune by his success, was the designer of the modern bicycle. In Coventry, which may be looked upon as the home of the cycling industry, and in many other towns, tricycles are almost exclusively employed to carry messages, and workmen habitually ride home in the dinner hour. The increased popularity of cycling soon suggested the advisability of some sort of organisation. The two principal institutions in England are the National Cyclists’ Union and the Cyclists’ Touring Club.
