Follow accounts liked below for regular posts about the Bike 76 VA project. Occasional posts will also be added to this page.
Bluesky: Bike76VA (link)
Facebook: Bike 76 VA group (link)
Instagram: Bike76VA (link)
Ride with GPS: Bike 76 VA (link)
YouTube: Bike76VA (link)
Linkedin: Bike76VA (link)
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Recent posts for Bike 76 VA:
May 15, 2025
New blog essay explores contributions of “mystery cyclist” to improving bicycling infrastructure in Washington DC in 1970s, using articles published by Washington Post
May 9, 2025
First American Pope (bicycle) Columbia Bicycle, Pope Mf’g Co. in 1870s Ad: Easy to learn and ride. An ordinary rider can distance the best horse in a day’s run. Middlebury Register 10/10/1879 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025667/1879-10-10/ed-1/seq-2/
May 9, 2025
erhaps you have forgotten what fun bicycling is-the sense of novel equilibrium-mastery of distance, rhythm of motion-reserve power. You are not merely a mere passenger, you do it yourself
Eve Star DC 5/9/1905 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1915-05-09/ed-1/seq-51/
May 8, 2025
Have you ever thought what a Bicycle can mean to you? Riding for pleasure, healthful exercise, save time & money riding to work. Bike 76 VA project: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/
Newspaper Ariz Rep 5/1/1920
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1920-05-01/ed-1/seq-13
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1920-05-01/ed-1/seq-13
May 2, 2025
143 years ago, 3 men from Washington City Bicycle Club rode to Lexington VA on way to Natural Bridge. Learn more about cycling and history at Rockbridge Historical Society
bike76-va.vt.domains/home/present…
@waba.org
#bikesky
Lexington Gazette 9/14/82
May 2, 2025
May 4 is National Ride a Bike day & Star Wars Day, so please enjoy a photograph of
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social, whose journey to Tatooine passed thru Annandale VA, a point of origin for Bike 76 VA: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/#bikesky#starwarsday#MayThe4thBeWithYou
April 28, 2025
Photo: red bicycle & blue sky along Blue Ridge Parkway near Montebello VA #bikesky. Learn about 500+ years of history along Transamerican Bicycle Route at May 4 presentation sponsored by Rockbridge Historical Society & VA250 committee linked from project: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/
April 9, 2025
50 years ago, Elton John’s Philadelphia Freedom on top of US charts in April 1975. Learn more about freedom, the 1970s, and cycling from the Bike 76 VA project: https://bike76-va.vt.domains/home/
Photo The Trelllis Philly: https://www.thetrellisphilly.com/
April 1, 2025 (Bluesky / Facebook)
Outdoor activities from spring 1897 included cycling. Learn more about Virginia history and bicycling from Bike 76 VA project: bike76-va.vt.domains/home
Richmond Times, April 4, 1897
March 30, 2025 (Bluesky / Facebook)
Bikecentennial route announced 50 years ago, from Astoria Oregon to Yorktown Virginia. To learn more about US history along Route 76 in Virginia, listen to podcasts, read weekly blogs, and check out more #bikesky resources: bike76-va.vt.domains/home/ Map: Idaho State Journal, March 28, 1975
