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BBC Radio 4 Extra - On Your Bike, Rise and Fall

How increasing prosperity and car ownership challenged the bicycle's popularity in the 60s

Martin Ellis discovers how increasing prosperity and car ownership challenged the bicycle's popularity in the 1960s.

Increasing prosperity and car ownership displaced the bicycle in the 1960's and foreign holidays replaced cycling, campsites and youth hostels. Bicycles belong to the past

Presenter: Martin Ellis

Producer: Simon Evans
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.

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Martin Ellis presents a history of the bicycle

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