Here’s a cool trip back in time: an audio recording of “The Cycle Industry: Its origin, history, and latest developments” by Walter Ferdinando Grew, originally published in 1921!
This interesting tale covers the British bicycle industry from 1868 and how it evolved into motorcycle manufacturing. As you might expect from how old this is, comments on motorcycles don’t appear until most of the story is over, but here’s a few options for you to check this out.
Here’s the entire thing in one youtube video. Skip to 2:44:47 for motorcycle goodness:
Here’s a link to LibriVox, the people who created the audio recording and put it into public domain. You can download it to an audio device or stream each chapter separately. Go to Chapter 19 for the start of discussion on motorcycles.
Or if you’d prefer to get a reprint in either hardcover or softcover, here it is via Amazon.
This bike-uriousity brought to you by David S!