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twobiscuits

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Irish bloke living in Graz. An obsessive interest in bicycles and cycling will be apparent. Early Gen X. Sitzschaden. Begeisterter Pilates- und Physiopatient. Naturwissenschafter. Übersetzer. Radfahrlehrer. Fachtrottel in recovery. Has a fondness for software developers, but isn't one. Integrationsüberschuss. So long in Graz that all the pubs I knew at first have closed. Toots in English or German.

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dailymedievalcats , to Medievodons group German
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Reading Session.

Ms: Abbeville, BM, MS 0016, f. 23r (15th c.). @medievodons

twobiscuits ,
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@dailymedievalcats @medievodons The Axel Scheffler is strong with this one 😂

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Cultural history class this week includes the bicycle boom of the 1890s.

Newspapers from this period are filled with the complaints of men who say bicycles ruined their marriages, since wives only care to ride and no longer tend to their "duties."

The Rev. Thomas Gregory saw the bike as a threat to his parishioners' intellect and health.

"It annihilates the reading habit. The libraries are deserted. It is a menace to domestic virtues. It breaks up and destroys the home."

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@xankarn @adamrice @histodons So the big bike boom happened around 1895-1905 and by about 20 years later, universal suffrage (including workers and women) was irresistible. Surely no connection!

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