ICHC-Program 2018

The program of the 29th (2018) ICHC that will be held in Guildhall in The City of London. You will receive a printed copy when you register at the Conference, but having this lo. res. copy now may give you a better idea of how this Conference is shaping up.

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Day 1

8.30 Opening of the conference, Welcome and Daily Notes
Philip Saunders (UK), 29th ICHC Chairman

8:45 Opening words: Cycle History is Important
Sharon Ament, Director, Museum of London (UK)

9:00 May Your Strides Ever Be Long Ones
Whence cometh the interest in hobby-horses, and why did the interest in these machines last so long? Roger Street (UK)

9:30 The Mysterious Rappa
Rappa is the brand name for a 4-speed bottom bracket gearbox for bicycles. This is the story of the gearbox and how it came to be. Endre Varsa (Hungary); presented by Tony Hadland (UK)

10:00 Reflexions on Three Decades of the ICHC
Time inevitably brings change and eventually the end. So how has the ICHC fared in its journey through time? Nick Clayton (UK)

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 The First Bicycle Built in Spain (in Huisea in 1867)
All about the first bicycle built in Spain and the first historic rides taken on it. Angel Giner (Spain)

11:30 From Muscle on Wheels to Beauty on Wheels: Women’s High-Wheel Bicycle Racing in Nineteenth-Century America
Show business or true sport? Spectators were mostly men interested in watching and gambiling. Anne Hall (Canada)

12:00 Two Czech Tricycles from 1832(?) and 1891
Two Czech tricycles residing in the Technical Museum in Prague are examined in detail. Jan Králîk (Czeck Republic)

12:30 Lunch break

13:30 Richard Weber’s Role in the Development of Electrical Lighting with Dynamos for Bicycles
Richard Weber, in Germany, was the first to patent an electric light for bicycles that was powered by a dynamo, but ten years of effort proved that the patented system could not work for reasons to be explained. By Gerd Boettcher and Three Others: to be presented by Heinrich Bueltmann-Hagedorn (Germany)

14:00 Healthy and Sustainable Travel
Studying past experience leads to understanding how to make cycling safer. Nick Lloyd (UK)

14:30 Bicycle Messenger Boys and the Evolution of American Labor Laws
Exploitation of working boys on bikes has led to protective laws with ramifications for some of today’s new situations. Chris Sweet (USA)

15:00 An Early History of the Hobby-Horse and Cranked Bicycles in the Australian Colonies, 1831-1869: Attempting to Rewrite the History of Cranked Bicycles
Hobby-horses were in the Australian colonies by the 1830s, and evidence indicates that cranked bicycles existed here prior to 1846. Marc Rerceretnam (Australia)

15:30 Tea Break

16:00 Domesticated Mobility: Exploring the limits of Women’s Liberation through Cycling in British Literature, Guide Books, and Periodicals: 1890-1910
19th Century fiction is examined to gain understanding of the conflicting forces of emancipation and reinforcement of restrictions on women brought about by women riding bicycles. Una Brogan (France/UK)

16:30 Did the Safety Bicycle Influence Human Evolution in England?
The idea that safety bicycles played an important role in human evolution in Britain was put forth 100 years ago. The premises behind this idea are challenged in this paper. Tony Hadland (UK)

17:00 Iver Johnson and His Bicycles: 1884-1930s
Iver Johnson emigrated from Norway to the USA in 1841 and founded a thriving business based on manufacturing guns and later bicycles. Initially, this success was based on manufacturing products for others but by the mid-1890s he was retailing his own products, succeeding when his selling agents fell into bankruptcy. Gary W. Sanderson (USA)

18.30 London Cycling Campaign Awards 2018 and 40th Anniversary Party Guildhall
LCC’s annual celebration of the best of cycling in London. Awards include: Best New Cycling Project, Keeping London Moving, Best London Business, London Cycling Champion, and Best Inclusive Cycling Scheme.

Day 2

8.30 Notes on activities for the day
Philip Saunders (UK), 29th ICHC Chairman

9:00 Sustrans: History, Objectives, Successes
A national network of cycle ways in the UK built up considering safety and culture of the people being served. Xavier Brice (UK)

9:30 Britain’s Small-Wheel Cycle revolution
Small is good, isn’t it? Farrell looks at the evolution of the small-wheeled bicycle in the UK from introduction to current – and future – designs. Dan Farrell (UK)

10:00 The Life of Bernard Newman, Cycling’s Most Prolific Writer
Bernard Newman (1897-1968) was a man of many occupations, but his love of cycle touring on a meager budget and then writing about the experience was a life-long occupation that best defines this man. Jeff Malter (UK) 10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Bicycle Statistics in Italy
Covered here are statistics from Italy, and the stories they tell, on bicycle ownership, bicycle roduction, and the import and export of bicycles and frames. Carlo Mari (Italy)

11:30 Vienna and Its Vélocipèdes
Vélocipèdes came to Vienna via the news media, which was fascinatd by this interesting machine. The result: Vélocipèdes were purchased, riding schools opened, vélocipède clubs formed, etc. Walter Ulreich (Austria)

12:00 Cycling and Disability
Cycles for disabled persons have been around for ages, but does categorizing cycles for the disabled affect the perception of these cycles and their riders? Kevin Hickman & Isabelle Clement (UK)

12:30 Freedom Of the City of London Ceremony
Honoring Dr. Ashok Sinha, Chief Executive of LCC and Isabelle Clement , Director, Wheels for Wellbeing. And three staff members from Road Danger Reduction Team

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 The Future from the Past: an Industry Panel Chaired by Ruth Cadbury MP
Introduction and announcement about new research findings by Steve Garidis, Bicycle Association (UK)

15:00 The ‘Scottish School’ is Out: Debunking Dalzell and McMillan
Sorting out what Dalzell and McMillan did as far as making a pedal driven machine (bicycle) has been difficult, to say the least. And the arguments go on and on... David Herlihy (USA)

15:30 Constructing History: The Delights and Perils of Speculation
‘Myths’ versus ‘truth’: It is easy to speculate, and if we are not careful this can come to seem like truth. We must always be careful to differentiate between speculation that has become ‘myth’ and real ‘truth’. Nicholas Oddy (UK)

16:00 Tea break

16:30 Development of the Hub Lamp
Hub lamps on high wheel bicycles: Useful? Dangerous? Attractive? Difficult to use? Or what? Peter McDonald-Card (UK)

17:00 The Dissemination of Innovative Concepts and Ideas: A case Study: The One- Wheeled Velocipede (Monocycles), 1851-1870
Where do innovative concepts come from and how do they spread: A case study of monocycle development in the 19th century. Stephen Ransom (Germany)

17:30 Everyday Cycling History in Bogotá, Columbia
Bicycles are certainly ‘freedom machines’, and their use can be increased by official policy and infrastructure development. Camilo A. Torres (Columbia/UK)

18.00 Searching for Ceci Flendrofski, one of the forgotten Austro-Hungarian Female Racing Pioneers of the 1890s
A male dominated culture in 19th century Austro-Hungarian world discouraged women from bicycle racing. Ceci and many other courageous women pushed back to take some of the freedoms they yearned for. Petra Johanna Sturm (Austria)

Day 3

8.30 Notes on activities for the day
Philip Saunders (UK), 29th ICHC Chairman

9:00 Changing the Politics of Urban Cycling: The London Example
The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) works for improved cycling conditions in the UK: History, specific objectives, & successes. Tom Bogdanowicz (UK)

9:30 The Greatest Invention under the Sun: The League Cycle Co., Maker of the First Chainless Bicycle
The evidence presented proves the point made in the title to this paper, but being first certainly does not guarantee success. Michael Gruetzner (Germany/UK)

10:00 Willie Windle and the Great Springfield (Massachusetts) Piano Race of 1891
William W. Windle (1870-1936) was the first American international bicycle racing star. 1891 was a dramatic year for Willie and bicycle racing. James Kossuth (USA)

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Woodrow Wilson (28th American President, 1913 - 1921) Toured Britain in 1899 and Kept a Diary
Woodrow Wilson toured from Scotland southward to southern England on a Columbia Model 59 chainless bicycle in 1899. His first hand account gives us an idea of what the country was like at that time. Michael Gately (USA)

11:30 Before High-Wheels in Ireland (1817-1870): Hobby-Horses, Quadricycles, Tricycles, and Velocipedes
Ireland had many cycle enthusiasts riding all types of cycles from the beginning in 1817, but little has been written about this early period until now. Brian Griffin (UK)

12:00 Throw Off Your Chains
Machining technology developments in the late 1890s enabled the large-scale manufacture of chainless bicycles, but were these bicycles really better than those that used chains? Christopher Morris (Canada)

12:30 Freedom Of the City of London Ceremony
Honoring Paul Adams and Colin Kirsch

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 Get Off the Road
Did government ministers, members of parliament, and mandarins of the 1930s want to force British cyclists to use cycle tracks as feared by the CTC and other cycling organizations? Carlton Reid (UK)

14:30 Sisterhood of the Wheel: The Rosslyn Ladies Cycling Club, 1922-today
About a club started by ladies dissatisfied by lack of opportunities for women interested in bicycle racing and the treatment of women in male dominated cycling clubs. Sheila Hanlon (UK)

15:00 A Johnson Hobby Horse - A Recent Barn Find
Exhibition and explanation of a Johnson-made pedestrian hobby-horse recently found in a barn - the 12th known surviving Johnson hobby-horse. Glynn Stockdale (UK)

15:30 Images of Victorian Cycling in the British Isles
Incredible images of cycling in Britain from 1860s to early 1900s, with narration Lorne Shields (Canada)

16:00 Tea Break

16:30 Mastering Motion: A Values Analysis of the American Velocipede, 1868-1869
Nancy Koppleman, U.S.A.

17:00 Celebrations of the Velocipede (Draisine 200 years, Michaux Velocipede 150 years) and the Influence of These Events in France
Keizo Kobayashi, France

17:30 ICHC Business Meeting 19.00 - 22.00 Banquet
Official closing of the conference at:

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