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Recap: Bicycle Tour and Exhibit Opening

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Wheels in hand, cyclists prepared to depart for the tour from Bailey/Howe Library.

It was a lovely day for a bicycle history tour last Saturday, June 13th, with warm temperatures and blue skies! Luis Vivanco, University of Vermont professor of anthropology and author of Reconsidering the Bicycle: An Anthropological Perspective on a New (Old) Thing,  led thirteen adventurous wheelmen and wheelwomen on a cycling tour of Burlington’s rich bicycling past, with stops all over the city.

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Luis, in costume, introducing bicyclists to the tour and the history of bicycling.

The tour was offered in conjunction with the opening of our new summer exhibit in the main lobby of Bailey/Howe Library on the main campus of the University of Vermont: Cycling Through the News: The Rise of Bicycling in Vermont and the Nation.

A sincere thank you to Luis Vivanco for donating his time and expertise to lead the tour around town on Saturday!

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We’ll end this post with a short article from the Burlington Weekly Free Press from August 21, 1885, page 3, concerning Burlington’s many attractions for cyclists:

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Burlington Weekly Free Press, August 21, 1885, p. 3.

(For more Burlington, Vermont, and American bicycle history tidbits, check out the exhibit! Another great place to see actual historic bicycles in Burlington is at the Old Spokes Home bicycle museum!)

The exhibit is on display until August 26th, 2015.

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Cyclists taking a look at the exhibit before the bike tour.

Cycling Through the News: complementary event/exhibit

In conjunction with the “Cycling Through the News” exhibit, a bike tour is planned for this Saturday, June 13. Details:

Wheeling Around Burlington: A Bicycle History Tour  … By Bike

Grab your “wheel” (bicycle) and join us for a tour of Burlington to celebrate the opening of Bailey-Howe Library’s new exhibit on bicycle history! During this 10-mile jaunt, we will explore the fascinating history of the late-nineteenth century “bicycle boom” when wheeling took the country–and our city–by storm. Led by Professor Luis Vivanco, the bicycling anthropologist, we will visit places that can tell us who rode, why they rode, how they rode, and how these things were connected to important social changes.

When: Saturday, June 13, 10am-12noon
Where: The tour will start and end at Bailey-Howe Library on UVM campus so you can visit the exhibit as well.
What to bring: your wheel (of course!), a helmet, and a water bottle

Rain date: Saturday, June 20, 10am-12noon

ALSO… a complementary exhibit in Special Collections (Bailey-Howe Library, Ground floor):

BIKING IN VERMONT

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