Originally Posted by
Roody
That makes a lot of sense. Now, can you explain why there aren't all that many bikes in these pictures? Somebody was saying that bicycling's golden age was already over by the early 1900s, even though cars weren't a factor yet. Is that true, and if so, why?
That I don't know. Some of the pictures were taken on streets so crowded you'd have a very hard time riding a bike. Other pictures seem to have been taken during the hottest time of day. The bikes are there, but not in the numbers I would expect either.