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A lion with a dr pepper bottle

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
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"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!
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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...

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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...
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Caption: Wild Ones come roaring down Cassells St in the parade, North Bay Nugget, July 3, 1973

The Bicycle in Relation to the Physician, 1892 By E. Thomas Ewing and Grace Kostrzebski ~ In his 1892 publication “The Bicycle in Relation to the Physician,” Dr. Seneca Egbert responded to the recent surge in popularity of cycling by arguing fo…

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...
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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
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A costume worn by Elton John. It is rainbow-colored and very shiny. There are various bike-related elements sewn onto the piece including a bell and handle bar covers.

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? 👀🚲🎶
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Blaine Newton won best decorated bicycle award at July 4 Rappahannock Days, Irvington, VA, with "Taxi to the Bicentennial"
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Rappahannock Record, 7/10/75
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#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?
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#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

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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

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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

Pink Floyd's band members stand around a bicycle. The photo shows five members - taken before one of the band members left in 1968.

"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? 🤔
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Pope Paul VI speaking to a 1974 Giro d’Italia cyclist

Fun fact of the day: Popes love #bicycles! Pope Leo recently blessed some cyclists - continuing a legacy of bicycle-loving popes. Check out our most recent blog post on the papacy's continued support of cycling as a sport: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po...
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How #fabulous is too fabulous? Elton John used this extremely sparkly #bicycle on stage during his 1974 American tour and wore a matching outfit complete with a bicycle bell, reflectors, and handlebar covers. Goodbye yellow brick road, hello bike lane!
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A page from the Northampton County Order Book (1655-1668) with curly cursive writing that reads "his son in law, his wife and his two sons persuaded the said Anthony Johnson to set the said John Casor free” in the last two lines.

Check out our most recent blog post about John Casor - the first man enslaved in Virginia. Interestingly, the man fighting to enslave him was a free Black man. Learn more here: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/blog-po... #blackhistory #americanhistory #history

May 4 is National Ride a Bike day & Star Wars Day, so please enjoy a photograph of @markhamillofficial.bsky.social, whose journey to Tatooine passed thru Annandale VA, a point of origin for Bike 76 VA: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/
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#MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Un immense livre en train d’être brûlé par des petits personnages avec marqué « I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books »

Good Night World

A young boy sits on a bicycle, resting on a curb by the sidewalk. He wears the uniform of the Danville Messengers of Virginia.

Happy Monday #bikesky! #Bicycles brought about easier communication. Yet, the people who delivered these messages were often children working extremely late hours. The boy in this photo is only ten years old. #history #laborrights
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"Danville Messenger," Lewis Hine, 1911, Library of Congress.

New essay reflecting on 250 years since Lexington & Concord battles by Virginia Tech history major Grace Kostrzebski discusses importance of primary source analysis to understand revolutionary era @historians.org @oah.org @virginiatech.bsky.social @va250.bsky.social

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Newspaper article with headline: Grassroots Festivities Mark US Bicentennial

50 years ago, America's preparations for bicentennial included plans for the Bikecentennial, the first transcontinental bicycle trail #bikesky

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Burlington NC Daily Times-News, April 2, 1975

Bicycle races on a road

Photograph from Amstel Gold race 50 years ago in spring 1975. Learn more about connections between 1970s cycling and Bicycle Route 76 in Virginia from the Bike 76 VA podcast, weekly blog, and other resources: bike76-va.vt.domains/home
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Amstel Gold Race: www.amstel.nl/amstelgoldrace

#womensmonth has ended, but our podcast continues to celebrate the women who shaped American #history! Check out Episode 16: Irish Creek for the story of the woman who helped shape #Appalachian stereotypes and the women who resisted them.
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"Northfork, West Virginia," 2015, Library of Congress

"Not to be turned. She was the observed of all observers, yet her head was not turned. One reason for that was that she was a beginner; and, like all beginners, she didn't do a thing but glare fixedly at her front wheel."

Happy Monday #bikesky! The trial and error of learning to ride a #bike is as old as the bicycle itself 🚲 Every cyclist had to learn including the ones from ye olden days.
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Puck Magazine, v. 41, no. 1046, March 24, 1897, Library of Virginia.
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#bikehistory #ushistory #history #virginia

On World #Tuberculosis Day #WorldTBDay learn more about Virginia's first public sanatorium established in Catawba valley in 1909, along the Transamerican Bicycle Route 76, from episode 20 of the Bike 76 VA podcast:
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Scotchtown Historical Marker is located on the Transamerican Bicycle Route in central Virginia. Learn more about Virginia and US history from Bike 76 VA podcast and blog: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/

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Episode 18: Buchanan tells the story of Mary Johnston - a #suffragist, a #romance author, and a #progressive Southerner. In contrast to others, she criticized white suffragists for not including African American women in the fight for women's suffrage. See the link in bio for her story!

Check out last week's blog post about the connection between #womenshistory and #bikehistory! Bicycles were a symbol of liberation for women prior to cars🚲Keep an eye out for this week's post!

We are still here at #VAM2025 conference today! Come speak to us about #bikes, #history, or #bikehistory!

Come see us today, tomorrow, and Tuesday at the #VAM2025 conference! We love to talk to both #museum professionals and #bike enthusiasts 🚲🤝🏛️