Wheels and Wheeling

Chronicles American cycling from its 1876 Centennial Exhibition debut through the safety bicycle's rise to mass popularity by 1892.

Narrates the League's founding in 1880, its road-improvement campaigns, racing governance, and organisational history.

Explains Macadam's road-building principles and argues for their application to improve cycling conditions across America.

Comprehensively traces bicycle design from the draisine through hobby-horse, boneshaker, ordinary, and rear-driving safety types.

Illustrates and describes the full range of tricycle types, from early sociables to modern rear-drivers, with detailed comparisons.

Reviews tandem tricycles, sociable side-by-side machines, and tandem bicycles, emphasising their social appeal for paired riders.

Catalogues eccentric and experimental machines that diverge from standard types, including one-wheelers and odd novelty cycles.

Surveys spring frames, cushioned saddles, pneumatic handlebars, and other inventions designed to reduce road shock.

Describes approximately seventy varieties of cushion and pneumatic tires, illustrated and sourced directly from manufacturers.

Profiles cycle manufacturers and trade suppliers who advertised in the volume, with descriptions of their products.

Lists over 350 cycle names sold in the United States, with manufacturers and importers, forming a complete trade reference.