To Coventry: Birthplace of the Bicycle

from The Bike Show Podcast · host Jack Thurston

Coventry has a very good claim to be the birthplace of the modern bicycle, the "Rover Safety" invented in the 1880s by John Kemp Starley, one of the city's many bicycle makers. Someone very happy to make that claim is Steve Bagley, Head of Collections at the Coventry Transport Museum. We go for a ride around the city and a trip back in time. Continue reading → The post To Coventry: Birthplace of the Bicycle first appeared on The Bike Show.

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