A New Class of Cyclists: Banham’s Bicycle and the Two-wheeled World it didn’t Create

While not uncommon for innovator and innovation to merge into a single identity, it is more unusual for this to occur between object and critic. But it did happen in the 1960’s with a novel small-wheeled bicycle, the Moulton, and the British architecture and design critic Reyner Banham. Banham believed the Moulton would give rise to a new generation of middle-class urban radical cyclists who would eventually come to rely on bicycles for their transport needs. While this did not happen, the Moulton’s attention-getting technology did lead to a revived market in for bicycles among young, newly affluent consumers who bought small-wheeled utility bicycles as fashion statements and status symbols.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2012.659467
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Taylor and Francis.
• Authors:
  • Epperson, Bruce
• Publication Date: 2013-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 238-251
• Serial:
  • Mobilities
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISSN: 1745-0101
  • EISSN: 1745-011X
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rmob20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycle travel; Bicycles; Technological innovations; Two wheeled vehicles; Urban areas; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

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• Accession Number: 01499097
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 2 2013 3:17PM