"It was in fact cyclists who demanded better roads and separate lanes for bikes and saw paved streets before cars had much use for them."

Something that a lot of people don't know. Glad it was highlighted here. I think more people should hear this.

Great history, and a very slick looking online mag.

Wow! My house sits where Newby Oval once stood.

...and Diamond Chain made stuff for the Wright Brothers?? That is just too damn cool.

This is an incredible find! Thanks Oran. The bike history was great. I want to get that language more widely published from the Wheelmen's Road Book. Excellent explanation of our place on the road!

"The law favors courtesy, though it does not demand it, and in the face of the existing prejudice against bicycles the excercising of deference, compatible with dignity under trying circumstances, will, in any case of a trial at law, go far towards winning the favor of court and jury, and exemplify the soundness of the maxim, 'Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just.'"