Pelotome –
around Europe on a bicycle.
“To any one, who like myself has been on foot at and over so many frontiers, and known their troubles most of them miserably flimsy, arbitrary affairs nothing but a natural frontier (a broad, rushing river or a lofty chain of mountains) can commend itself.
This should be the rule, until at least we can all as men unite in a common brotherhood, and have a European or a World Congress workably established.”
~ Wanderings: On Wheel and On Foot in Europe – Hugh Callan (1887).
My Life and Times
by Jerome K. Jerome
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CYCLING TRAVEL BOOKS
France.
Historic cycling books about France:
- “Bonn to Metz per Bicycle in Six Days” ~ 1872.
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- England (with Isle of White & Isle of Man)
- Scotland.
- Wales.
- United States
CYCLING TRAVEL BOOKS
Germany.
Historic cycling books about Germany:
- “Bonn to Metz per Bicycle in Six Days” ~ 1872.
- “Lewes to Salisbury” ~ 1869.
- “Le tour du monde en vélocipède” ~ 1870.
- “Bonn to Metz per Bicycle in Six Days” ~ 1872.
- “London to John o’ Groats” ~ 1873.
- “London to Sussex” ~ 1874.
- “Paris to Vienna by Bicycle” ~ 1874.
- and many more…
THE 1880s
The Boom in Popularity.
The 1880s saw an explosion in cycling clubs and road books, with routes for their members to follow. Meanwhile, the more adventurous riders took on on long distance exploits, including:
- “Over the Pyrenees on a Bicycle” ~ 1881.
- “A Tricycle Tour of Scotland” ~ 1882.
- “A Bicycle Trip Through Norway and Sweden” ~ 1882.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
An incredible collection of cycling books. I can’t wait for the Spring weather to arrive so that I can retrace the routes of some of these!
~ Lorenz Mueller – Basel, Switzerland.