On this episode of Our American Stories, before cars ruled the roads, the bicycle was America’s great innovation. Known in its early years as the “mechanical horse,” it gave ordinary people freedom of movement and reshaped everything from medicine to road building. Margaret Guroff, author of The Mechanical Horse: How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life, shares the story of how two wheels set a nation in motion.

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On this episode of Our American Stories, before cars ruled the roads, the bicycle was America&rsquo;s great innovation. Known in its early years as the &ldquo;mechanical horse,&rdquo; it gave ordinary people freedom of movement and reshaped everything from medicine to road building. Margaret Guroff, author of <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FMechanical-Horse-Reshaped-American-Discovering%2Fdp%2F0292743629&amp;data=05%7C02%7CUraelBlackshear%40iheartmedia.com%7C56329893de7c4a8b128c08ddf6e29399%7C122a527e5b714eba878d9810b495b9e3%7C0%7C0%7C638938175195330095%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RA72jNQJUjIzX4V%2B8O8ESC1KXxkjwWmguZcoOEXqcao%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" data-ogsc="">The Mechanical Horse: How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life</a>, shares the story of how two wheels set a nation in motion.
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From Invention to Revolution: The Bicycle’s American Story

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