The Popularity and Benefits of Bicycling

Before the invention of the modern automobile, which became standard place in families throughout the 1930’s, cycling was the most popular means of individual transport. While horse riding and drawn carts were used mostly by large land holders, smaller land holders, or those with a specific transportation preference, used bicycles for general transportation and weekend leisure rides.

As the decline of horses for transportation began with the adoption of the automobile, horse owners made a temporary switch to bicycles, as the sound of the cars often spooked horses, making cycling a safer, easier and more reliable method of transportation. Between the …read more