Around Europe on a Bicycle

Pelotome –
around Europe on a bicycle.

Wanderings: On Wheel and On Foot in Europe – Hugh Callan (1887).

My Life and Times

by Jerome K. Jerome

From £4,75

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.

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