Two-wheeled wonders

Bianchi have been a staple of Italian cycling and racing for more than a century, with a long list of legends riding to victory on their ‘celeste’ bikes – a colour as synonymous with the Milanese bike

Pearson can lay claim to being the oldest cycling brand in the world, having been founded as a bike shop in 1860. And it still is a bike shop, in a sense. That part of the business has been renamed Fo

Ironmongers’ Hall, London EC2 The home of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers

FRED SCULTHORP

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In the second of our series exploring rail’s history, development and function in relation to rival transport modes, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR takes to the roads