The pleasures, objects, and advantages of cycling : with numerous illustrations (1887)
Wilson, A. J., Cyclist · London : Iliffe & Son · leaf 78
DOWNHILL. rewards him by feelings of conscious pride at his consummateaddress, and he yearns to be regarded as quite a Go-it-Graceful, if not, indeed, one of the Fancy Few. By the time he becomes really master of his machine, hediscovers that cycling is a pastime which has features farremoved… … FfE I SOP FACILIS DESCENSUS. CYCLING AS A PASTIME. 57 of his residence, which used to be inaccessible save by railway,are now brought within the scope of an evening ramble awheel.After business, the bicycle or tricycle is mounted, the suburbanstreets are threaded, and away from the town flies the…
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