Cycling, 1899.

UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 20: Cycling, 1899. Plate taken from Illustrated London News (Vol 99/2, p CN11) showing men and women cycling in front of couples in motor cars. The lyrics of a song about the motor car are below. After painting by Lucien Davies. Since the �boneshaker�, the invention of the French company Michaux of Paris, had been introduced in the 1860�s, the popularity of the bicycle had grown, as had experimentation with its form, at events such as the �cyclist�s camp� at Alexandra Palace. The majority of the bicycles shown here are �safety bicycles�, which appeared in 1884, but there are some variation, including the four-man cycle in the background. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)