The (de)evolution of the Touring Club
“Cycle tours were taken and cycle clubs established almost as soon as the cycle appeared, the Pickwick Bicycle Club in London, founded in 1870, being the oldest in the world,” the Encyclopedia Brittanica related in its 11th Edition (1910). “The organization of these clubs is largely of a social character, and a few possess well-appointed club-houses. To a great extent, they have been superseded by the large touring organizations...
which roam the earth drinking all alcohol in their path, and create huge encampments in blighted urban settings, where they compete in feats of strength and violent idiocy...
Photo by Stevil... watch for a special PFN Homie Fall Fest interview with him in the upcoming full-length feature.... uh, any day now.
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