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Unfinished History

Bicycle Parade from Golden Gate Park to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition on the north shore of the city, 1915.

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Bicycle Built for Two traditional song from the 1890s.

More than 5,000 cyclists (known then as "scorchers" for the amazing speeds they achieved!) blazed a trail about five miles long in a spectacular "Good Roads Rally." Over 100,000 lined the streets on Saturday night, July 25th, 1896, as cyclists demanded asphalt and improved roads in San Francisco. Many riders preferred local Velodromes during this era.

Cycling to the PPIE Fair 1915
Video: Prelinger Archive

October 1896 Parade

Early San Francisco bicyclists

Hugh D'Andrade cartoon of a bicyclist with an umbrella.

19th Century Velodromes in SF

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 More than 5,000 cyclists (known then as "scorchers" for the amazing speeds they achieved!) blazed a trail about five miles long in a spectacular "Good Roads Rally." Over 100,000 lined the streets on Saturday night, July 25th, 1896, as cyclists demanded asphalt and improved roads in San Francisco. Many riders preferred local Velodromes during this era.
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 Cycling to the [[SAILING TO BYZANTIUM: 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition|PPIE Fair 1915]]<br>''Video: Prelinger Archive''
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 '''[http://www.hughillustration.com Hugh D'Andrade] cartoon of a bicyclist with an umbrella.'''
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-'''Cartoon about "scorchers" (bicycles) from the turn of the century (19th-20th).'''
-<font size=4>19th Century Velodromes in SF</font>
-Today's Department of Motor Vehicles at Baker and Fell sits on the site of what was a bicycling Velodrome in 1893. Other velodromes were located at 7th and Stevenson (most recently the Greyhound Terminal, now the new Federal Building at 7th and Mission) and the Valencia Gardens Housing Project.
+[[19th Century Velodromes in SF|19th Century Velodromes in SF]]
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