Andrew Ritchie: Quest for Speed A History of Early Bicycle Racing 1868-1904 500 pages, illustrations (in Englisch) For order information click on the cover (right)

Hans Breitmann and his Philosopede A (funny) poem from 1869 (pdf, in English)

A collector in Thailand: Supol Phuak-im

We received an email from Thailand:

Supol Phuak-im is collecting vintage bicycles,

most of them of French or English origin.




Supol with his Gnôme et Rhône bicycle

Volker Briese: Besondere Wege für Radfahrer. Zur Geschichte des Radwegebaus in Deutschland von den Anfängen bis Deutschland 1940 (pdf, in German)

Keizo Kobayashi: 'Tour from Paris to Avignon'

Keizo Kobayashi with his companion Bernard Gougaud at the Col du Pin Bouchain

Read Keizo's description of his Tour, following the route of 1865 (in French): The route Keizo about himself and his tour " Le Journal du Centre " " Drome Hebdo " " Le Progres "

Books published by attendees of the ICHC :

Roger Street : Dashing Dandies: The English Hobby- Horse Craze of 1819 220 pages with over a 100 mostly colour illustrations. www.artesius.org

Hans-Erhard Lessing : Karl Drais. Zwei Räder statt vier Hufe (in German) 136 pages, 30 illustrations

Christophe Brissonneau Olivier Aubel Fabien Ohl: L'epreuve du dopage Sociologie du cyclisme professionel <<more>> (in French)

Anne-Katrin Ebert Radelnde Nationen Die Geschichte des Fahrrads in Deutschland und den Niederlanden bis 1940 ( in German)

Peter Zheutlin: Annie Londonderry's Extraordinary Ride New Book Tells the Astonishing Story of the Jewish Mother from Boston who Cycled the World in 1894-5 www.annielondonderry.com (Around the World on Two Wheels is available from Amazon.com and other retailers.) (in English)

Renate Franz: Fredy Budzinski. Journalist, Collector, Historian. A biography about the first German cycling journalist (1879-1970) with an index of his collection in the German University of Sports/Cologne Orders: www.trackcycling.de (in German)

Toni Theilmeier Die wilde, verwegene Jagd Der Aufstieg des professionellen Stehersports in Deutschland. Die frühen Jahre bis 1920 ( in German) ( available from www.fahrradbuch.de )