1901. Pall Mall Gazette, 15 May, 1. 2. The commercial ‘BIKE’ is perhaps, the least supportable of the various tyrannies on wheels which it is the perambulating Londoner’s lot to endure.
1901. Free Lance, 30 Nov., 227. 1. At first, the learner, Mounted on sorry BIKE, awry i’ saddle, and with elbows out, “Scraping” acquaintance with the wall betimes.
