"THE HISTORY OF CYCLING IN SCOTLAND" BY DR NICHOLAS ODDY
Tuesday 23 February 2016 (1730 for 1800)
Venue: The Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, 100, Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3AB
Nicholas Oddy tells us how cycling in Scotland got off to an uncertain start that as in other countries has become shrouded in myth. When liberated from boneshakers and penny-farthings, cyclists emerged as style-conscious but showed a reluctance to engage with transport policy-makers and so went on to be marginalised by motorists. When a revival came about in modern times, it has put health and fitness above cycling as a mode of transport.
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