Roads Were Not Built For Cars

American and British cyclists of the 1890s saved roads for ALL users

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Roads Were Not Built For Cars
January 4, 2013 by carltonreid

“Fat is folly” & other 19th Century adverts for bicycles, guns and various patent cures


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iver johnson cycle revolvers 1904

battle-ax-plug-tobacco-ad

StowersLimeJuiceCordial

starley-rover-safety-bicycle1884

fat is folly

Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic, 1897

fatpeoplemagazinead

StarleyRoverPoster

Smith & Wesson Hammerless Bicycling Revolver

AmericanWheelmensProtctiveAssnChicago1895

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CyclesGladiatorPoser

DepartmentStorespicCyclingLife28Jan1897

H & R Arms Bicycle Revolver

Ellimans-Universal-Embrocation-Slough-1897-Ad

sears

Ride_a_Stearns_Penfield1896

buggy1899

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bicyclerifle
OgdenCigaretteAdvert1900

VelocipedeTobacco1874

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Brompton

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Blogroll

  • Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation
  • CTC – sticking up for cyclists since 1878
  • Cycling Embassy of GB – sticking up for cyclists since 2011
  • How We Drive
  • iPayRoadTax.com
  • Joe Moran's Blog
  • League of American Cyclists – sticking up for cyclists since 1880
  • Rees Jeffreys Road Fund
  • Road.cc
  • Wheelmen

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Tern

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CARLTON REID
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