13 Foreword 107 Velocipedist 178 Velocipede Witty Eric Anceau 180 Velocipede Lakin 111 Accident during a Velocipede 17 A « Bicycle Show» Race, Carpentras 183 Great Britain for Velocipedes Nick Clayton Nadine Besse 186 Velocipede Stassen 188 Velocipede Turner & Co. 21 Bicycles and Velocipedes 117 The Velocipede Industry in France: 190 Velocipede Beck & Candlish in the Musee d'Art et d'Industrie Manufacturers, Machines 192 Velocipede Peyton & Peyton and Patents 118 Velocipede Michaux (I) 195 Germany 120 Velocipede Michaux (II) Prof. Hans-Erhard Lessing 122 Velocipede Michaux et Cie 201 Austria 35 The Birth and Spread 124 Velocipede Pierre Michaux of the Velocipede Craze 126 Velocipede Compagnie Parisienne 205 Bohemia Anne Henry des velocipedes (I) Jan Kralik 128 Velocipede Compagnie Parisienne 37 The Michaux Velocipede 211 Netherlands des velocipedes (II) Keizo Kobayashi Gert-Jan Moed 130 METAL WHEELS 218 Velocipede Burgers 49 Interpreting the Michaux Letters 134 Velocipede Jacquier David V Herlihy 136 Velocipede Perreaux 221 Finland 138 Velocipede Raux \ 61 From the Imagination to the Useful Arts: Mikko Kylliainen 140 Velocipede Meyer the keys to the success of the velocipede 226 Velocipede Peretti 142 SUSPENSIONS Anne Henry 146 Velocipede Thomasset 229 Switzerland 77 The Origins of Velocipede Clubs 148 Velocipede Gervat 230 Velocipede Wiedmer Alex Poyer 150 BRAKES 154 Velocipede Poncet 84 LE PRE CATELAN, A RENDEZ-VOUS 156 Velocipede Bajard FOR THE SMART SET 158 Velocipede Merklen 235 Bibliography 86 THE RACES AT PARIS - ROUEN 160 Velocipede Paranque 238 Acknowledgements 162 Velocipede Rousseau 88 THE LONG-DISTANCE RACE FROM LYON 164 Velocipede Cottraux TO MACON, 22 SEPTEMBER 1872 166 Velocipede Barberon et Meunier 89 THE RACES AT SATHONAY, 9 MAY 1869 168 FREEWHEEL 91 Painting of the velocipede Scotford Lawrence 173 A Worldwide Success: the Spread 93 Mile B lanche d'Antigny avec son velocipede of Velocipedes all over the Planet 97 Course de velocipedes; le depart 175 United States 103 A Bicycle Race between Velocipedes Nick Clayton