I’m off to France tomorrow, to Paris for a night, then Annecy and the French Alps for a week. So, stay tuned for some posts on my rides around the lake and up and down the cols.
In the meantime, here’s a cycling story I found from 1819 …
VELOCIPEDES – Yesterday a race took place at Chigwell-row, Essex, between Mr. Jones and Mr. Brady, for 25 guineas, who went the greatest distance in one hour, upon one of the velocipedes, or modern hobby-horses! The stakes were won by Mr. Jones performing 7 ¾ miles, beating his adversary ¼ of a mile. Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle, Portsmouth, England, March 22, 1819
The Biking France Blog 
Which won the prize? Am I correct, the velocipede has the pedals?
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Jones won … and, no pedals yet not for another 40 or so years….
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