Song of Open Road 50th anniversary #brucespringsteen #borntorun Jim Mowry about #bicycle ride across US: You get on a high. Your senses become sharpened and attuned. You reach out and grab the scenery and savor the flavor of the country you're passing through bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po...

New Bike 76 VA blog essay explores connections between Bruce Springsteen album Born to Run, released 50 years ago, and bicycling in 1970s, including desire for open road and impact of economic dislocation #bikesky Image: #bicycle on album cover Hungry Heart bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po...

New Bike 76 VA essay, "Wear a Helmet: Be Cool" examines helmet wearing by bicycling children since the 1970s #bikesky #bicycle @bikeleague.org @vtliberalarts.bsky.social @virginiatech.bsky.social Circulating Now, National Library of Medicine circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2025/08/28/w...

New #Bicycle Repair Station in Palmyra Virginia serves cyclists along Transamerican Route 76 as well as regional riders and local community. Learn more about bicycle repair station, efforts of community organizations, and US / VA history from essay: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... #bikesky

Photographs: Arthur Ashe and Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe on bicycles and statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue near US #Bicycle Route 1 #bikesky #tennis #usopen Learn more about connections between Ashe, bicycling, and history from Bike 76 VA blog essay: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po...

Fifty years ago, Arthur Ashe won #tennis championship Wimbledon. Two years later, he rode #bicycle & carried racket to news conference in New York City Read more about Arthur Ashe & American history along Virginia's Route 76 from new essay: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... Photo: NYT 11/22/77

For national #lighthouse day, enjoy postcard showing bicycle races in early 1900s at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven CT Postcard shows #bicycle racers on board track, with crowds watching from outside the track Read more from New Haven Register, 9/14/2012 www.nhregister.com/news/article...

New blog post from Virginia Tech Bike 76 VA project explores freedom in 1775 and the tension between liberty & enslavement @virginiatech.bsky.social @vtliberalarts.bsky.social @va250.bsky.social Blog: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... Podcast episode: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/podcast...

Read about bicycling and health in 1890s in Circulating Now essay from National Library of Medicine "The #Bicycle in Relation to the Physician" by E Thomas Ewing & Grace Kostrzebski circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2025/06/26/t... @vtliberalarts.bsky.social @virginiatech.bsky.social #bikesky

On International #Owl Awareness day, follow recommendation of this "wise old owl" to ride a 10 speed #bicycle #bikesky Learn more about cycling and 1970s from Bike 76 Va project: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/ Ad from Santa Cruz Sentinel 8/22/1974

Owl Drug in Los Angeles CA offers special #owl #bicycle delivery services for those in a hurry International #owl awareness day Los Angeles Times 3/22/1903

100 years ago, Compton's #Bicycle Shop in Americus GA: " Ride a Bicycle! Enjoy Good Health! There is no better health builder for weak, run-down children, also grown people than riding a bicycle" #bikesky Americus Times-Recorder 8/12/1925 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89053...

Linda Stein won US women's #bicycle road racing championship in 1976, the year of Bikecentennial. Four years earlier, @latimes.com profiled Linda Stein and Cindy Johnson in article: "2 Pedal Pushers Crash Male Sport" (9/13/72) #tdff #bikesky Read about cycling in 1970s: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/

Tillie Anderson captured the attention of the sporting world in the 1890s by her remarkable success in bicycle races. More than a century of women’s #bicycle racing prepared the way for popularity of Tour de France Femmes #tdff #bikesky Read essay: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog/wo...

Bikecentennial Route 76 now part of training rides for women's #bicycle Virginia's Blue Ridge Team Twenty28 @visitvbr.bsky.social #tdff #bikesky Ride info ridewithgps.com/collections/... Team info www.visitroanokeva.com/biking/vbr-t... www.facebook.com/twenty24proc... www.instagram.com/teamtwenty24/

Bicycle decorating contest in Allentown Pennsylvania ca May 1972 #bikesky Read more about #bicycle parades in #gildedage America from Bike 76 VA essay: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... Photograph: Morning Call May 8, 1972

In Bikecentennial year 1976, Connie Carpenter-Phinney won US cycling championship, repeated in 1977 & 1979, & won first Olympic gold medal 1984: In 1977, she declared: "“More women should get into bicycle racing” #tdff #bikesky #bicycle Read more Bike 76 VA: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/uncateg...

90 years ago, US cyclist Miss Iona J. Allen trained to compete at 1936 #olympics (unfortunately, women not allowed to compete in Olympic #bicycle until 1984) #tdff #tdf #tdf2025 #bikesky Girl Cashier Seeks Bicycle Fame bike76-va.vt.domains/home/uncateg... chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026...

100 years ago, US newspapers reported on #tourdefrance winner Italian Ottavio Bottecchiia Also 1925, US newspapers reported on beating of John Barker whose daughter Jewell rode #bicycle for health wearing knickers #tdf #tdf2025 #bikesky #tdff @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/bicycle-hist...

50 years ago, #chuckmangione concert in Buffalo NY includes songs from debut album Chase the Clouds Away Ad from Buffalo News 7/26/1975 Also 50 years ago, photo of children taking part #bicycle rodeo in Kingston, Ontario published on front page of Whig-Standard newspaper 7/24/1975 #bikesky

New Bike 76 VA essay by Virginia Tech student Grace Kostrzebski on Dr Pepper & Transamerica #bicycle Route 76 explores vim, vigor, & vitality in 20th C America @drpepperofficial.bsky.social @vtliberalarts.bsky.social @virginiatech.bsky.social bike76-va.vt.domains/home/uncateg... #bikesky #depepper

50 years ago, "Evel Knievel syndrome" blamed for London youths getting hurt & losing teeth trying to jump over buses using #bicycles #bikesky #bicycle. #daredevil Cleveland Press, July 9, 1975

In 1892, #philly #cyclist Dr Egbert run off road by reckless baker's wagon. Egbert made complaint, driver was fined, and now "little children...are allowed by their parents to play on the pavement” @thewaroncars.bsky.social #safestreets #bikesky #bicycle circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2025/06/26/t...

50 years ago, #tourdefrance final stage is Paris prompted reports by foreign correspondents from @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @latimes.com discussing #bicycle race & French national identity Read new blog essay Bike 76 VA: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... #bikesky #tdf2025 #tdf #couchpeloton

In 1994, #tdf climbed #Hautacam for first time Also Jul '94, Delaware park rangers began #bicycle patrols "It's healthier. You're not putting as many hydrocarbons in the air as you would in a car." Also, bike patrol allowed to wear shorts New Journal, 7/28/94 #bikesky @waroncars.bsky.social #tdf2025

50 years ago, George Bates & Brett Reed: "We ride for fun and also because it's faster than walking." US Energy Administrator Zarb: "We can conserve our gasoline and money, by making better use of this non-polluting way to go" Folsom Telegraph 7/16/75 #bikesky #bicycle @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Scotch Gordon #dog on #tandem #bicycle, rides on level & downhill & trots alongside on uphill. Bicycle riders encouraged to attach a small balanced seat for dog @sciam.bsky.social Scientific American April 1896, from journal La Nature #bikesky #tourdefrance #tdf #tdf2025 @efprocycling.com

50 years ago, #tourdefrance ended on Champs-Élysées in Paris, with 500,000 people watching #tdf #tdf2025 #bikesky Front page NY Times @nytimes.com 7/21/75 by Nan Robertson, who won Pulitzer @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social & lifetime award Int'l Women's Media Foundation www.iwmf.org/community/na...

100 years ago, Italian Ottavio Bottecchia won Tour de France #tdf #tdf2025 Also in 1925, after US teenager Jewell Barker rode #bicycle wearing knickers, neighbors mercilessly beat her father (they were charged w crime) #bikesky Read more @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/bicycle-hist...

#Virginia is covered with battlefields from the #American #CivilWar including in places you wouldn't expect - like the Shenandoah Valley! Check out our blog post to learn more. - What pieces of #history do you pass by on your favorite #bike routes? 🤔 #bikesky bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po...

Gilded Age S3:E3 includes brief glimpse of man riding bicycle in Newport RI. Learn more about #bicycle parades in #gildedage from Bike 76 VA essay about "Parade of Four Hundred" leading families dressed in costumes with decorated wheels: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... #bikesky #newport

"How could I forget to mention the #bicycle is a good invention." 🚲 According to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in their 2006 song "Bicycle Song," #bikes are unforgettable inventions! And they certainly have the #history to prove it. Check out our #blog to learn more! bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog/

In #gildedage America, #bicycle riding was recommended for physical & mental health, for women & men, and for physicians in professional & personal roles #bikesky Read about cycling & health ca 1892 from Circulating Now, US National Library Medicine: circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2025/06/26/t...

50 years ago, Bernard Thévenet won the 1975 #tourdefrance Learn more about cycling history & 1970s from Bike 76 VA podcast, weekly essays, & information about Transamerican Bicycle Route 76: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/ #tdf #tdf2025 #bikesky #bicycle #cycling #bicycle

Symbols of national identity Brother Jonathan (US) & John Bull (UK) on #tandem #bicycle illustrating stability associated with multi-lateral foreign policy #bikesky Topeka State Journal 6/1/1898 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016... Bike 76 VA Essay: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po...

Uncle Sam on a bicycle is theme of Bike 76 VA essay exploring US role in the world ca 1898: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... #bikesky #july4 #independenceday #unclesam #4july @virginiatech.bsky.social @vtliberalarts.bsky.social @va250.bsky.social @va250.bsky.social

In 1925, Louisiana teenager Jewell Barker rode a #bicycle following health advice given by her doctor. Neighbors assaulted her father because Jewell rode while wearing knickers. Read more about Jewell’s story from @momentummag.bsky.social essay: momentummag.com/bicycle-hist... #bikesky

Bicycle History Moment: A Flogging After a Woman Rode a Bicycle While Wearing Knickers. Tragically, women continue to feel unsafe simply riding a bicycle. momentummag.com/bicycle-hist...

Blaine Newton won best decorated bicycle award at July 4 Rappahannock Days, Irvington, VA, with "Taxi to the Bicentennial" @va250.bsky.social @america250.bsky.social #bikesky Bicycle parades: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... Rappahannock Record, 7/10/75 www.virginiachronicle.com?a=d&d=RR1975...

Would you wear this while #cycling? Elton John wore this #costume as part of his "Bicycle John" persona during his 1974 tour. Check out all the bike-related elements sewn onto the ensemble! What repurposed bike materials do you see? 👀🚲🎶 - #history #music #1970s #bikesky #bicycle #EltonJohn #fashion

In Waxahachie, Texas, rules change allowed adults to take part in July 4 #bicycle parade--but only riders under 14 were eligible to win $25 savings bond prize Photograph of July 4 bicycle race Waxahachie Daily Light July 3, 6, 1975 Bicycle parades in history: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/ #bikesky

New essay Circulating Now US National Library of Medicine explores health and bicycling in 1890s and present day: circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2025/06/26/t... by Grace Kostrzebski & E Thomas Ewing @ethomasewing.bsky.social #bikesky #bicycle @virginiatech.bsky.social @vtliberalarts.bsky.social

Children in bicycle parade celebrate Canada Day 1973 in North Bay, Ontario. Learn more about bicycle parades from Bike 76 VA: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... #bikesky #bicycle #canadaday #ontario Caption: Wild Ones come roaring down Cassells St in the parade, North Bay Nugget, July 3, 1973

Bicycle parade in #gildedage America led by costumed cyclists with flowers and a bald eagle (stuffed) attached to handlebars and front wheels Learn more about bicycle parades across a century plus of American history from Bike 76 VA essay: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... #bikesky #bicycling

#Cycling is freedom! In Queen's song "Bicycle Race," Freddie Mercury sings "I want to ride my #bicycle" as an allusion to wanting to be free. What does cycling mean to you? #Freedom or simply a good source of #exercise? - #bikesky #bicycles #queen #1970s #music #history #bike #rocknroll #vintage

Bicycle Parades in #GildedAge America Newport RI parade led by tandem riders in costume, with front rider under a parasol held by second rider Read essay posted on Bike 76 VA project: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... #bikesky #bicycle #tandembicycle #cargobike

New essay on Bike 76 VA blog explores 100+ years of #bicycle parades, from the #gildedage through present, with fancy costumes, patriotic outfits, & many bicycles #bikesky bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... Learn more about cycling & history from Bike 76 VA project: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/

New essay on Bike 76 VA project explores Juneteenth celebrations 50 years ago and historical sites related to emancipation in Virginia: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/uncateg... #bikesky #bicycle

"I've got a #bike, you can ride it if you like" sings Pink Floyd in one of their earliest #love songs titled "Bike." Sharing your bicycle with another - a cyclist's biggest confession of love or just part of life? What do you think? 🤔 - #cycling #pinkfloyd #1970s #history #music #biking #bicycles

New Bike 76 VA essay by Grace Kostrzebski explores historical connections between cycling & the papacy: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... Photo: Nairo Quintana receives blessing from Pope Leo XIV before final stage of 2025 Giro d'Italia @nairoingreen.bsky.social #bikesky #bicycle #giro