How cyclists were the first to push for good roads & became the pioneers of motoring
by Carlton Reid
Motorists are the johnnycomelatelies of highway history. The coming of the railways in the 1830s killed off the stagecoach trade; almost all rural roads reverted to lowlevel local use. Cyclists were the first group in a generation to use roads and were the first to push for highquality sealed surfaces and were the first to lobby for national f...
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