This is the eleventh and final post in a series, “History En Vélo,” about cycling and thinking historically, shared with NiCHE. By Peter Cox I used to ride. I used to ride, a lot. I rode as a kid, cherishing the possibility of exploring on my own. I rode for fun, just because I could. I rode as a teenager to escape… Read more »
By Michael Egan This is the ninth in a series, “History En Vélo,” about cycling and thinking historically, shared with NiCHE. Hang the anachronism: I liked the alliteration. The sentiment remains, however. I would prefer not to superimpose Herman Melville’s scrivener’s rejection of the world he inhabits while inhabiting that world as metaphor for the bicycle’s place in twenty-first-century petrocultured environments. I… Read more »
By Jeffers Lennox This is the sixth in a series, “History En Vélo,” about cycling and thinking historically, shared with NiCHE. We do it every year, if we can. It’s only an 80 minute train ride on the Metro North from New Haven to Harlem, and Father’s Day seems like a perfect excuse to explore the city and spend the afternoon watching… Read more »
By Steven Schwinghamer This is the fifth in a series, “History En Vêlo,” about cycling and thinking historically, shared with NiCHE. Biking happens at the right combination of speed, effort, and scope for me to do some interesting thinking about places. Being raised in a Canadian historiographical canon, I suppose it’s a cousin to Harold Innis’ “dirt research,” although as Josh Howe… Read more »
By Margot Higgins This is the fourth in a series, “History En Vêlo,” about cycling and thinking historically, shared with NiCHE. In an empty parking lot with patches of silty snow and grey ice, Kaisy wobbled, skidded a bit, and struggled to maintain her balance. She had barely bicycled previously and hailed from Brownsville, Texas, and yet she had signed up for… Read more »
