Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bicycle trails
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Bicycle Study for the East Central Wisconsin Region
Author: Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Economic Impact Analysis Scoping Study
Author: Transportation Characteristics of East Central Wisconsin
Author: East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Wisconsin Bicycle Transportation Plan
Author: Wisconsin. Division of Transportation Investment Management. Bureau of PlanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bicycle trails
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Waupaca Existing Bicycle and Pedestrian Network Analysis, 2013
Author: Rapport
Author: East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Regional planning
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Wisconsin Outdoor Recreation Plan, 1977
Author: Wisconsin. Department of Natural ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Wisconsin State Highway 15, New London to Greenville, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
Author: East Central Wisconsin Trail Wayfinding Guidebook
Author: Wheel Fever
Author: Jesse J. GantPublisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870206141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
On rails-to-trails bike paths, city streets, and winding country roads, the bicycle seems ubiquitous in the Badger State. Yet there’s a complex and fascinating history behind the popularity of biking in Wisconsin—one that until now has never been told. Meticulously researched through periodicals and newspapers, Wheel Fever traces the story of Wisconsin’s first “bicycling boom,” from the velocipede craze of 1869 through the “wheel fever” of the 1890s. It was during this crucial period that the sport Wisconsinites know and adore first took shape. From the start it has been defined by a rich and often impassioned debate over who should be allowed to ride, where they could ride, and even what they could wear. Many early riders embraced the bicycle as a solution to the age-old problem of how to get from here to there in the quickest and easiest way possible. Yet for every supporter of the “poor man’s horse,” there were others who wanted to keep the rights and privileges of riding to an elite set. Women, the working class, and people of color were often left behind as middle- and upper-class white men benefitted from the “masculine” sport and all-male clubs and racing events began to shape the scene. Even as bikes became more affordable and accessible, a culture defined by inequality helped create bicycling in its own image, and these limitations continue to haunt the sport today. Wheel Fever is about the origins of bicycling in Wisconsin and why those origins still matter, but it is also about our continuing fascination with all things bicycle. From “boneshakers” to high-wheels, standard models to racing bikes, tandems to tricycles, the book is lushly illustrated with never-before-seen images of early cycling, and the people who rode them: bloomer girls, bicycle jockeys, young urbanites, and unionized workers. Laying the foundations for a much-beloved recreation, Wheel Fever challenges us to imagine anew the democratic possibilities that animated cycling’s early debates.