Introduction -- Cycling and the rise of respectable recreation -- Cycling as Victorian spectacle -- Cycling, Englishness and the politics of the road, 1918-39 -- Cycling and the masses -- Massed-start racing, modernisation and British cycling -- Women, modernity and cycling -- Cycling in the age of motoring -- Cycling, politics and environmentalism -- Cycling in post-industrial Britain -- Elite cycling in Britain -- Conclusion : cycling nation?
Author(s): Neil Carter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 369
City: London
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
The early history of the bicycle
The emotions of cycling
Chapter 1: Cycling and the rise of respectable recreation
Victorian cyclists and cycling organizations
The Cyclists’ Touring Club: A national middle-class identity
Cycling club culture
Cycling and the Victorian female body
Cycling styles and fashions
Touring, landscape and Englishness
Chapter 2: Cycling as Victorian spectacle
The bicycle and Victorian society
The origins of the sport of cycling
Cycling and the state
Road racing and the birth of the time trial
Britain and international cycling
The end of the boom
Chapter 3: Cycling, Englishness and the politics of the road
Cycling, the rural idyll and cultural legitimacy
Cycle paths and the transformation of Englishness
Chapter 4: Cycling and the people
The revival of cycling
Mass cycling and social demarcations
Cycling and associational life
Cycling and the outdoor movement
The shift to shorts: Male cycling fashion
Cycling, the state and citizenship
Chapter 5: The birth of British massed-start racing
The time trial and the British tradition of road racing
The rise of massed-start racing
The formation of the British League of Racing Cyclists
Cycling’s great split
Chapter 6: Women, modernity and cycling
Female cycling attire
Cycling and gender relations
The emergence of women’s cycling as a sport
Rosslyn Ladies’ Cycling Club and other female pioneers
Chapter 7: Cycling in the age of motoring
Motoring context
Cycling in New Jerusalem
Rethinking cycling
The National Cycling Proficiency Scheme
Chapter 8: Cycling, politics and environmentalism
The environmental turn
The road to the National Cycling Strategy
Cycling and New Labour
Sustrans: From grassroots activism to corporatism
Cycling activism in London
The environment and changing bicycle design
Chapter 9: Cycling in post-industrial Britain
Cycling and diversity
Cycling and consumerism
Cycling and cultural legitimacy
The BMX Bubble: A case study in cycling consumerism
Chapter 10: Elite cycling and British society
Beryl Burton
Cycling and creeping commercialization
Tom Simpson – pioneer and legacy
Cycling and the state
The science of cycling
The growth of female cyclists
Team Sky, the globalization of cycling and doping
Conclusion
Notes
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Conclusion
Bibliography
Arimary sources
Newspapers and periodicals
Secondary sources
Index
