International Cycling History Conference
The International Cycling History Conference is an annual event devoted to applying academic rigor to the history of bicycles and cycling. The first conference was held in Glasgow, Scotland in 1990. The proceedings of each conference are published afterwards.
Past conferences have been held around the world:
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- Berto, Frank, author of The Dancing Chain and The Birth of Dirt, both published by Cycle Publishing/Van der Plas Publications
- Breeze, Joe, mountain bike pioneer and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame inductee
- Herlihy, David V., author of Bicycle: the History, published by Yale University Press
- Norcliffe, Glen, author of The Ride to Modernity: The Bicycle in Canada, published by University of Toronto Press
- Ritchie, Andrew, author of Major Taylor: The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World and Quest for Speed: A History of Early Bicycle Racing 1868–1903, both published by Van der Plas Publications
- Wilson, David Gordon, author of Bicycling Science, published by The MIT Press
Invention of the bicycle
At the eighth conference in Glasgow, the German professor Hans-Erhard Lessing reported that the famous drawing of a bicycle attributed to Leonardo da Vinci was a hoax.