The Cycle Industry, its origin, history and latest developments: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Cycle Industry, its origin, history and latest developments, credited to Walter Ferdinando Grew, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Cycle Industry, its origin, history and latest developments by Walter Ferdinando Grew. Read by Phil Benson From the velocipede to the motor cycle in twenty chapters. A short history of the British bicycle industry from its origins in a Coventry sewing machine factory in 1868 to its transformation into one of the countries most important industries. A reminder of the days when bicycles ruled the roads from the Pitman's Common Commodities and Industry Series. - Summary by Phil Benson

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Cycle Industry, its origin, history and latest developments
• Author credits: Walter Ferdinando Grew
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 3:11:45

Catalogue topics

• Britain
• bicycle
• industry

Track guide

1. 01 - Early history and origin of the bicycle — 22:23
2. 02 - The tricycle era — 9:23
3. 03 - Tandem bicycles — 5:22
4. 04 - Materials — 8:18
5. 05 - From the stores to the railway dray — 21:26
6. 06 - Production methods — 6:45
7. 07 - The pneumatic and other tyres — 13:16
8. 08 - Change speed gears — 10:09
9. 09 - Spring frames — 6:00
10. 10 - The trade and racing — 7:40
11. 11 - The cycle boom — 8:06
12. 12 - Roads in Great Britain — 8:48
13. 13 - The weight question — 5:57
14. 14 - The bicycle on the continent — 5:00
15. 15 - Military and other service bicycles — 6:21
16. 16 - In the factory — 8:23
17. 17 - Accessories — 7:51
18. 18 - Pioneer rides — 3:49
19. 19 - The motor cycle — 15:05
20. 20 - The future of the industry — 5:14
21. 21 - Advertisements — 6:29

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