A New Class of Cyclists: Banham's Bicycle and the Two-wheeled World it didn't Create

Bruce Epperson

Mobilities, 2013, vol. 8, issue 2, 238-251

Abstract: While not uncommon for innovator and innovation to merge into a single identity, it is more unusual for this to occur between object and critic. But it did happen in the 1960's with a novel small-wheeled bicycle, the Moulton, and the British architecture and design critic Reyner Banham. Banham believed the Moulton would give rise to a new generation of middle-class urban radical cyclists who would eventually come to rely on bicycles for their transport needs. While this did not happen, the Moulton's attention-getting technology did lead to a revived market in for bicycles among young, newly affluent consumers who bought small-wheeled utility bicycles as fashion statements and status symbols.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2012.659467

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