Thursday, July 16, 2015

U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame

I got to visit the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame in Davis. I am not much of a cyclist but it was really cool to visit it and I did recognize some of the names in the Hall of Fame:

Eric Heiden's Cinetti TT Laser that was ridden in the 1986 Tour De France
Marshall "Major" Taylor's 1901-1903 Peugeot
Greg Lemond's 1990 Tour De France bike
Turn of the Century jersey of Frank Kramer
Greg Lemond's 1986 Tour De France yellow jersey
The first floor
Where the cool stuff is-The third floor
Thomas Firth and Sons Roadster -1823
1896 Bamboo Cycle
Gormally and Jeffery Childs HIghweel-1887
Columbia Light Roadster 1887
The U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame is pretty cool. I loved learning about all of the cyclists and the history of cycling in this country.

21 comments:

  1. These are so interesting! I'm such a history-buff. I love to see the really old bicycles :) Thanks for sharing your post at Together on Tuesdays!

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    1. You are welcome. Looking at the old bikes were cool.

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  2. I had no idea that this existed in my neck of the woods. I live in Yuba City. I will have to take my grandson here to check it out. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. I like those old bicyckles. Riding them must have been hard.

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  4. You visit the coolest places! Thanks for linking up at the Weekend Blog Hop at My Flagstaff Home!

    Jennifer

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  5. How cool to see how bicycles have changed over the years. Very interesting. I used to ride a bike everywhere when I was young, LOL I have no desire for another one. Good job I enjoy walking now.
    Thanks Patrick for bringing cool bicycles to Fridays Blog Booster Party #15

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    1. You are welcome.

      I am thinking about biking more. It is something I have really been thinking of.

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  6. This is really neat and the old bicycles are the most interesting to me! I can't imagine riding those! I am not really a cyclist, but when we were in Chicago last we did a biking and food tour for four hours and it was a lot of fun... makes me want to get a bike again :) Thanks for sharing!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

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    1. I want to get a bike again.

      Those old bicycles would be tough to ride.

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  7. How cool to get to visit that - awesome bikes!

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  8. Very interesting post. I can't ride a bike and don't know how they rode the penny farthing bikes in 1800s. Thanks for sharing again with us at #anythingoes

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    1. You are welcome.

      I agree with you on the bikes of the 19th century,

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  9. This looks like such a great place. Would have loved going there. Thanks for linking up with us on the #bigfatlinky hope to see you there this week

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  10. I never even knew there was a us bicycling hall of fame. Some of those don't look very comfortable...lol.

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    1. You learn new things all the time.

      A lot of those bikes don't look comfy.

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