In my part of the country, it's bicycling season again, and I thought readers might enjoy some visual historical perspective on women and bicycling.

• Image: Woman on Bicycle - Advertisement for Columbia Bicycles - 1895
• Image: Woman on Bicycle - National Womans Party Messenger - 1922

Also on this site:

• Women and Bicycles - Fashion for the Active Woman, 1894 Style
• "The Bicycle and Health: What Physicians and Riders Say In Its Favor" (1894)
• About Lucy Wheelock: bicyclist, geologist, adventurer.
• For today's bicyclists, don't miss the About.com Bicycling GuideSite