“Another writer argued in an 1895 issue of the Cosmopolitan that by riding a bicycle, a woman would "become mistress of herself,"… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“A universal truth of bicycling is this - pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.” — Robert Penn Copy Share Image
“That which caused the many failures I had in learning the bicycle had caused me failures in life; namely, a certain fearful… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“In 1895, Ann Strong declared in the Minneapolis Tribune that bicycles were "just as good company as most husbands" and that when… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“As an exercise bicycling is superior to most, if not all, others at our command. It takes one into the outdoor air;… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
“During the boom in velocipedes - known with good reason as 'boneshakers' - tyres were made of solid iron.” — Robert Penn Copy Share Image
“Occasionally the poster pictures a pair of cyclists; and then one grasps the fact how much superior for purposes of flirtation is… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
