Bicycle Riders as Disciples of Progress

With smooth, paved roads and motor vehicles seemingly everywhere, it's easy to forget that bicyclists advocated for road progress first. The League of American Wheelman (now called the League of Amerinca Bicyclists) was founded in 1880 and became the umbrella organization for the good roads movement. "The 1890s popular movement for Good Roads, pushed most ardently by bicyclists, is of note for several reasons.Primarily the fight for better conditions for bicycling unknowingly set the stage...". The Great Bicycle Protest of 1896, Processed Magazine vol.2 no.1. [direct link to full .pdf article]