RE: [CR] Politics In Our Sport

(Example: Racing:Beryl Burton)

From: "sam Lingo" <samclingo@hotmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR] Politics In Our Sport
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:57:18 +0000



>Prior to the 1890's in Britain bicycling was a upper class pursuit. When the knobs got tired of it and turned to motoring cycling became more universal and this is when the politics started.

In America the politics of the bicyclest "paved the way" for the motorcar---

http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=21&category=business

sam lingo,pleasanton tx