Two Wheel Trip, The American Magazine Of Bicycling (1972)

The good stuff is only brought out amongst friends that can appreciate it—standing around in the back of One on One Bicycle Studio en route to another meeting proprietor Gene broke out two copies of a magazine I’d never heard of before, Two Wheel Trip, The American Magazine Of Bicycling. Copyright 1972, according to Gene there were only two issues published, the pictured premier and Vol 1 No 1, before production was ceased. Reading through the magazines is a surreal look both back in time and forward to today—much has changed, but equally as much has apparently remained the same. While fashions are different, everything in those pages would go for big money in today’s boutiques. Between ads for locks and parts are full page insertions for air travel and wheat germ, all with the old school ’70s class you’d expect. Articles about frustrating thieves and struggle for the right to the road eerily echo the same concerns expressed today. While the fight for lanes and other cycling infrastructure was in it’s infancy when Two Wheel Trip was published, the arguments and hurdles are quite the same 40 years on.

Happen to know anyone involved in Two Wheel Trip way back then? Have any copies of it I could manage to add to the Urban Velo library? Get in touch.