A Definite Wheel{s} of a Deal - BICYCLES Became So Well-Known

By Danny McCarthy

GREENPORT, YESTERDAY AND TODAY {~} THE DIARY OF A COUNTRY NEWSPAPER by Elsie Knapp Corwin in collaboration with her husband Frederick Langton Corwin page 70:

"… The popularity of the bicycle in the next ten years {around 1884} caused many changes in the community as it did in most parts of the country. Perhaps its greatest effect came as a result of insistence on better streets and highways. It quite literally paved the way for the automobile in the next generation and started the trend toward suburban living. It also resulted in many changes in the style of women’s clothing. The bicycle was regarded as a creation of unusual sumptuousness and at a good time when suits sold for $10.75, its price was from $100 to $200. Bicycle clubs were in fashion and Greenport had its share."

Greetings folks! I’m returning with yet further discussion regarding those Southold Town photographs that former Southold Town Historian Antonia Booth was able to arrange to be placed around the various aisles in Southold Town Hall.
Her chosen recommendations of the particular photographs placed were a definite true sight prior to the CORONA virus.
... Starting Over… …My Process…
“Do I Know Where I’m Going To”
I KNOW YOU’LL LIKE THE THINGS THAT I’LL BE TELLIN’ YOU …
When I am able to locate a definite match of keyword{s} I choose to enter within the Search box atop websites, I combine my findings in my writings in my own “creative and quite appreciative style” and ALWAYS sure to supply definite references of sources!
Usually I just randomly type the items making use of related articles taking quotes directly from the particular article{s} suiting the needs for the material. - Or maybe re-composing the information that is found typeset within the printed material found. I choose to make direct reference of sources in my writings.
“Let’s Start At The Very Beginning, Okay” – That’s “WRITE!”
The June 23, 1953 Telegram-Sun article clarifies so much information. I’ll merely quote a bit from the article, okay?
“Col. Albert A. Pope of Hartford, Conn., who later became a pioneer in the better roads movement in America, is generally conceded to have been responsible for it all. In 1877 he began the manufacture of Columbia bicycles, the first in America, These have been marketed ever since.
Big Business {stet}
Col. Pope’s first models were high wheelers. The ‘safety’-prototype of the bicycle of today was not perfected before 1888. …
“ … Did you know that at the height of the craze people were spending so much money on bicycles that other businesses suffered a recession? …
“ … Did you know that doctors recommended bicycling for their patients, and that clergymen were both for and against the sport {?} …
“ … Did you know that bicyclists as their numbers grew, once were an important political group fighting for better roads …{?}
“ … Did you know bicycling had a wide effect on male fashion? Knickers, stockings, peaked caps, blazers and brightly colored sweaters were the rage. Women went in for shirtwaists, starched collars, jackets, sometimes divided skirts. The very daring wore bloomers. …”
In the 1969 hit Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Paul Newman (Butch Cassidy) takes Katharine Ross (Etta Place) for a ride on his new bicycle in one of the most memorable scenes from the classic film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The expression exchanged by Butch Cassidy to Etta Place when he has a new bike was {to} “Meet the future.”
THESE DENNIS{ES} WERE NOT MENACE{S]
DENNIS CHRISTOPHER & DENNIS QUAID starred in Breaking Away in 1979 - about cyclists' racing.
THE YEAR WAS 1982 AND E.T. could’ve PHONED HOME for sure. Elliott and E.T. actually one could say, definitely exchanged with the theatre audiences true euphoria when they teamed-up on their bike ride across the sky!
A Different “Field of Dreams”
KEVIN COSTNER had the lead role in the 1985 film American Flyers and he realizes there was a way to assist his brothers by making a cycling trip.
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon …
KEVIN BACON starred in the 1986 film Quicksilver as his character lands a job with the QUICKSILVER Company which offers its employees positions as messengers by making use of a bicycle to make contacts.
New York City seems to desperately need assistance with thoughtful thinking to assist bike riders.
HERE IN SOUTHOLD – IT IS ILLEGAL TO RIDE A BICYCLE OR SKATEBOARD ON THE SIDEWALK.

VERNA PETTY got her childhood bicycle when her father paid $5 for her to own a bicycle.