À VÉLO OU À BICYCLETTE, NOM D'UN TOUR!

This diachronic exploration of the vocabulary of cycling begins in 1873 with the Littré’s definition of vélocipède, “a sort of wooden horse set on wheels, on which one would balance oneself”. A delightful inventory of words follows, along with their little secrets and a number of surprising illustrations.

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