Wheel Fever' traces the history of Wisconsin's first "bicycling boom, " from the velocipede craze of 1869 through the "wheel fever" of the 1890s. From the start it has been defined by a rich and often impassioned debate over who should be allowed to ride, where they could ride, and even what they could wear. (Publisher)
...MoreEssay Review Peter Cox (June 2017) Review Essay: Cities, states and bicycles. Writing cycling histories and struggling for policy relevance. The Journal of Transport History (pp. 124-136).
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