Re-inventing the wheel?

[mfezela]

Formed in 1890

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[Cyclepeasant]

This is the link to the history of the 1896 bikepacking military!
An interesting article.

https://www.historynet.com/the-buffalo- ... -bikes.htm

[Bearbonesnorm]

I have in my extensive library, a very interesting book about them. I like to think (yes, I know that I've said it lots of times) that bikepacking is a rediscovery of cycling history and the way things were done from the late 1800's until somewhere around the last quarter of the twentieth century ... when it all went belly up.

[voodoo_simon]

These things come and go in cycles...


On a serious note, I remember reading that story years ago and it’s fascinating Bravo to them

[Alpinum]

I once put together a quick look back in time.

It's in german, but some citations are in english and it comes with pictures and links:

https://www.mtb-news.de/forum/t/bikepac ... te.835069/

Oh... and I forgot to mention Thomas Stevens.
http://www.strudel.org.uk/blog/stevens/
Thinking about how the 'roads' were back then, macadam at best, then atop a penny farthing. Golden times of exploration.

when it all went belly up

Bloody cars.

[In Reverse]

the last quarter of the twentieth century ... when it all went belly up.

Bloody GNAR

[mfezela]

"Bloody GNAR"
??????????

And with regard to that first pic.

1) Chainguards? Whoops-a-daisy I've spotted my spats!

2) Can you imagine the wonder and awe and jealousy BBers would create in coordinated outfits ;-)

[Scud]

I think that you can see the clear link with the fact that 20 years earlier they would of been on horses or on foot as infantry or cavalry, with a bed roll and kit, along comes the bicycle, cheap to manufacture, can cover greater distances in a day than on foot, doesn't need food and water as well and reliable, so naturally that kit and bed roll gets strapped to bike.

I'm ex 7 Para Royal Horse Artillery, and you see the same development with airbourne forces, as soon as they found a way of chucking blokes out of planes, they found a way to fold bikes and chuck them out too, to give them further mobility.