While in Winston-Salem today, I stopped in at the Wake Forest Univ. library to take another look at some books I had seen there years ago. I copied the title and a few details of a 19th century cycling manual to see if the historians in the crowd or British list members are familiar with this.
CYCLING by Viscount Burly K.C.M.G. and G Lacy Hillier, published by Longmans,Green & Co. 1887
It appeared to be part of:
The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, edited by His Grace, the Duke of Beufort
It had chapters on racing, touring, dress,clubs, and construction of the bikes. The Cyclists Touring Club and National Cycling Union were also covered. The construction chapter also had great line drawings of technical details. And of course breaks and coneheads were discussed!
The book was also marked as being no. 105 of 250 printed in that edition. Anyone familiar with this?
Mike Richarson Statesville,N.C.(warm enough, but really heavy rain)