new BUFFALO\'s BICYCLES Book on Antique bikes HISTORY OF CYCLES 1890\'s HARD COVER For Sale

Brand new \"Buffalo\'s Bicycles: Reflections on Buffalo\'s Colossal and Overlooked Bicycle Heritage\"by Carl F. Burgwardt. Hard cover. 165 pages of great information, gorgeous vintage photographs and catalog pages.

Buffalo\'s love affair with the bicycle was all-encompassing. By the late 1890s it had involved a significant percentage of Buffalo\'s population. Its exciting effect on society and sports was no less than its impact on business and commerce.Buffalo\'s Bicycleswill introduce you to some of the people who shaped this little-known heritage that left influences and impressions on Buffalo for decades thereafter.
It you\'re not a native Buffalonian or Western New Yorker, you will still learn the basic bicycle history background with its emphasis on America\'s fervent development of the machine, the many patents, the social aspects, the Good Roads Movement, and the exciting racing. Buffalo\'s rich heritage in text and photographs quickly makes you aware that this truly colorful, dramatic, and influential period affected much of the eastern United States.
Was there a bicycle in your past?? Even if not,many non-bicycle people find that this history has surprising asides that kindle and tickle much nostalgia. The taken-for-granted bicycle, through its popular and everyday usage, has touched nearly everyone\'s life at one time or another, generally in a pleasurable and memorable way.

About the Author: Carl Burgwardt and his wife, Clarice, are Western New Yorker\'s who have amassed one of the world\'s largest and most comprehensive collections of bicycles, accessories, memorabilia, and ephemera. He has frequently been consulted and quoted by major media seeking expert historical cycling information, identification, and documentation.

Shipping to run $5.00 Media Mail in the USA, $11.00 Priority mail in the USA, $16 to Canada, and $25 for all other International addresses.