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An advertisement for a safety bicycle that was to cause the great boom of the 1890s, costing £12 10s (equivalent to £1,800 in 2023).

The bike boom or bicycle craze is any of several specific historic periods marked by increased bicycle enthusiasm, popularity, and sales.

Prominent examples include 1819 and 1868, as well as the decades of the 1890s and 1970s – the latter especially in North America – and the 2010s in the United Kingdom.

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Bike boom

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The bike boom or bicycle craze is any of several specific historic periods marked by increased bicycle enthusiasm, popularity, and sales. Prominent examples...

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Wheelie bike

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A wheelie bike, also called a dragster, muscle bike, high-riser, spyder bike or banana bike, is a type of stylized children's bicycle designed in the...

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List of Japanese bicycle brands and manufacturers

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(road bike manufactured for Schwinn by Panasonic Company's bicycle subsidiary Panasonic Cycle Technology in the 1970s) World Voyager (touring bike manufactured...

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History of the bicycle

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the advantage of energy efficient transportation led to the American bike boom of the 1970s. Annual U.S. sales of adult bicycles doubled between 1960...

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Bicycle

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A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two wheels...

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Safety bicycle

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be more than the penny-farthings and tricycles combined and caused the bike boom of the 1890s. Safeties are now characterized by having two wheels of identical –...

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Cycling

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bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other type of cycle. It encompasses the use of human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles...

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Hardcourt Bike Polo

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emergence in the 1990s, the sport benefited greatly from in the 2010s' bike boom seeing the formation of international clubs and the growth of a strong...

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Schwinn Bicycle Company

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thousands of bikes every day. Bicycle output in the United States grew to over a million units per year by the turn of the 20th century. The boom in bicycle...

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Fuji Bikes

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advantage of the mountain bike boom of the 1980s. The demand for mountain bikes caused a steep decline in touring and road bike sales. This allowed manufacturers...

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Kawasaki Zephyr

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with two spark plugs per cylinder. The Zephyr started the naked/retro bike boom in the UK and Europe in the early 1990s[opinion] and for a while moved...

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Cycles Peugeot

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in 1974; it was sold in large numbers during the bike boom of 1972-1975. During the peak bike boom years (1972–1974), French bicycles were produced in...

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Cruiser bicycle

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interest in recreational bicycling, resulting in the bike boom. Derailleur-equipped sport bikes or ten speeds inspired by European racing bicycles soon...

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Railway Mania

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in Great Britain List of early British railway companies Balloonomania Bike boom Timeline of transportation technology Campbell, Gareth (2014), "Government...

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Police bicycle

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bicycle squad in 1888. With the advent of the safety bicycle and the bike boom of the 1890s, police bicycles came into widespread use in North American...

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Bicycle touring

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the bicycle low. However, between 1965 and 1975 the U.S. experienced a bike boom. In 1976, to celebrate the bicentennial of the founding of the United...

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Cars in the 1920s

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production (in thousands) 1950s American automobile culture Canal Mania Bike boom Railway Mania "Roaring Twenties". Ohio History Central. Retrieved December...

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History of cycling infrastructure

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The history of cycling infrastructure starts from shortly after the bike boom of the 1880s when the first short stretches of dedicated bicycle infrastructure...

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Lugged steel frame construction

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remain in usable condition. Japanese- and French-made frames from the bike boom are particularly common in North America. These range widely in quality:...

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Shimano

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competitors in the cycling marketplace. When the 1970s United States bike boom exceeded the capacity of the European bicycle component manufacturers...

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Univega

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Univega is a bicycle brand created during the bike boom of the 1970s by Ben Lawee (1926–2002), who founded Lawee Inc. to design, specify, and import bicycles...

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Boom Festival

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Boom Festival Web. "Bike Village - Boom Festival 2022". boomfestival.org. Retrieved 2022-02-08. Team, Boom Festival Web. "Fine Arts Galleries - Boom Festival...

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Canal Mania

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