History of cycling

Cycling quickly became an activity after bicycles were introduced in the 19th century[1] and remains popular with more than a billion people worldwide[2] used for recreation, transportation and sport.

Public cries of alarm at the prospect of moral chaos arose from this and from the evolution of women’s cycling attire, which grew progressively less enveloping and restrictive.

[5] On 4 March 1915 the society for the construction of cycle paths in the Gooi and Eemland region in the Netherlands was founded.

Today many people ride bikes to work for a variety of reasons including fitness, environmental concerns, convenience, frugality, and enjoyment.

By the start of the 20th century, cycling had become an important means of transportation, and in the United States an increasingly popular form of recreation.

[13] His "Crescent" bicycles thus became affordable for working people, and massive exports from the United States lowered prices in Europe.

The safety bicycle gave women unprecedented mobility, contributing to their larger participation in the lives of Western nations.

Willard used a cycling metaphor to urge other suffragists to action, proclaiming, "I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.

[18] Since women could not cycle in the then-current fashions for voluminous and restrictive dress, the bicycle craze fed into a movement for so-called rational dress, which helped liberate women from corsets and ankle-length skirts and other encumbering garments, substituting the then-shocking bloomers.