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Man, that was so cool... don't know how many of you watch
Huell Howser, but tonight's show was great. It was all about
the history of the bike in CA, namely Pasadena.
There's a ton of stuff I never knew:
Back in the late 1800's/early 1900's there were so many
different bike designs that we had two patent offices. One
just for bikes, and other the office for all other stuff.
Pasadena was the mecca of all things bike. There was
actually 15 bike shops in the city at one point. You may not
thing that's much, but the population was 9,100 at the time.
One guy even proposed and started building a dedicated,
elevated, wooden cycle path connecting Pasadena with
downtown Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the railroad shut it
down. Too bad, it might still be standing today.
Much more info at http://www.pasadenahistory.org/ which is
currently having an exhibition called Wheels Of Change. If
you're in or visiting the area it looks like a fun
exhibition.
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Slacker
Huell Howser, but tonight's show was great. It was all about
the history of the bike in CA, namely Pasadena.
There's a ton of stuff I never knew:
Back in the late 1800's/early 1900's there were so many
different bike designs that we had two patent offices. One
just for bikes, and other the office for all other stuff.
Pasadena was the mecca of all things bike. There was
actually 15 bike shops in the city at one point. You may not
thing that's much, but the population was 9,100 at the time.
One guy even proposed and started building a dedicated,
elevated, wooden cycle path connecting Pasadena with
downtown Los Angeles. Unfortunately, the railroad shut it
down. Too bad, it might still be standing today.
Much more info at http://www.pasadenahistory.org/ which is
currently having an exhibition called Wheels Of Change. If
you're in or visiting the area it looks like a fun
exhibition.
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