The History of the Early Bicycle

I curated the Pedal Power exhibition at the Museum of Oxford from 24 July - 17 October 2009. It was a photographic celebration of cycling in Oxfordshire - past, present and imagined future.

Check out the BBC Oxford website for a detailed tour of the exhibition:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/oxford/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/news...

Veteran Cycle Club: http://www.v-cc.org.uk/
The History of the Early Bicycle was one of the events organised as part of the exhibition. It was a talk given by Douglas Pinkerton, cycle restorer and historian, in which he demonstrated how to ride a Boneshaker bicycle from 1869, an Ordinary or 'penny-farthing" from the 1870's and the Rover "Safety bicycle" from the 1880's.

Constantine Gras is a visual artist who uses the medium of photography, film-making and painting to explore cultural, environmental and philosophical issues:
http://web.mac.com/cgras/Site/Pedal_Power/Pedal_Power.html

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• Ordinary
• boneshaker
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• Rover safety bicycle