When was bicycle ridership highest in North America?
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Is there a time in US history when bicycle ridership was more prevalent than now?
I haven't tried very hard to dig up hard data, but based on general trends, I suspect probably not. The Wikipedia article on "bike booms" is illuminating here. The 1890s was the first major wave of popularity for bicylcing, but at that it was almost exclusively done for amus*m*nt. After that it mostly became a children's activity up to the 1970s. The high popularity of bicycles for adult both for sport and for practical purposes is fairly recent.
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