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Offline Sal Atticum

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Some local history
« on: January 07, 2012, 10:09:07 AM »
First, courtesy Dave Sears:
http://www.bikefriday.com/blog/?p=463
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“Back then we had maybe three races a year, I believe,” says Andy Hampsten, an upstart youngster who pedaled his way from Grand Forks to European Grand Tours, including the Giro d’Italia title in 1988. “I started my first race when I was 13 or so. I guess, I was 12. It was at the University of North Dakota. In my class, it was my brother, Steve, my best friend, Pete O’Kelly and myself. I was third. Maybe that was before anything was sanctioned.”

Second, one thing I found when Googling "Dakota Territories cycling":

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A cyclist in Hoople, North Dakota.  Courtesy of North Dakota Institute of Regional Studies.


Bicycling Rage Continues
Fargo, 1901

The nation’s love affair with the bicycle has not missed North Dakota. It is the number one leisure-time activity. Towns have bicycle clubs and races. And it is dependable transportation; many farmers have purchased bicycles to visit neighbors or for their children to go to school, when weather permits. In Fargo we have a dozen bicycle shops and nearly 2,700 “peddling machines.”
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Re: Some local history
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2012, 01:42:21 PM »
This is pretty interesting. Also... that looks like Terry on that Penny Farthing.
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Re: Some local history
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2012, 12:01:47 PM »
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