Go Ride a Bike!

May is National Bike Month. Whether you’re interested in getting fit, saving some gas money, just having some fun, or all of the above, cycling can be the way to go.

Use the Discover GALILEO search box to find articles on many aspects of bicycles and cycling. Try searching for bicycles or cycling, but you could also try searching for something more specific, such as bicycle equipment, mountain biking, BMX bikes, bicycle racing, or bicycle evaluation (for articles on choosing a bike).

GALILEO also includes magazines, such as Bicycling and TransWorld Ride BMX.

For institutions that purchase the Britannica resources, check out the Bicycle article in Encyclopædia Britannica to learn about the development of bikes from treadle-powered velocipedes to boneshakers to the ordinary to the modern bicycle.

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Image from the Vanishing Georgia collection in the Digital Library of Georgia