21st International Cycling History Conference
08/04/2010 – 08/08/2010
Prague, Czech Republic
The history of the invention and development of the bicycle is fraught with conjecture, disputed or enlarged tales of invention, romantic embroidering of early biking, along with the factually correct material. The originators of the first International Cycle History Conference, held in Scotland in 1990, sought to engage serious scholars in addressing and correcting or substantiating some of this information.
The fifteen (15) conferences so far have produced many newly documented historic facts and wonderfully stimulating discussions about the bicycle's history and its overall social and economic impact. Papers delivered at previous conferences have been published, and the quality of the research and materials presented has been invigorating, sometimes surprising and controversial. Past papers have come from England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Scotland, America, Japan, South Africa, and Australia, among others.
