1896 Cycler’s Guide and Road Book of California

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/10/21/history_of_cycling_map_of_possible_routes.html

1896 Cycler’s Guide and Road Book of California. It has great advertisements, and I can only imagine what the roads labelled 'poor' condition were like, as even the best roads at that time were not paved. The roads of the late 19th Century were gravel or dirt roads.

“I often hear now-a-days, the automobile instigated good roads; that the automobile is the parent of good roads. Well, the truth is, the bicycle is the father of the good roads movement in this country.” -Horatio Earle, founder of American Road and Transportation Builders Association and  a former chief consul of the League of American Wheelmen. Earle became known as “the father of good roads” for his work on America’s highways, work he started when he was a cyclist.

French Cyclist map

Well it is actually Automobiles and Cyclists, but still cool. I bought this in 2007, when I was in Paris for PBP. It is for the Lyon, Savoie, and Dauphine region of France. There is no date, but from my limited french knowledge, I would speculate it if from the 1950s.

Bicycle Posters, Art, and cycling maps for sale

All original, in excellent condition. Beautiful works of art.

 *1975 Peugeot Tour De France poster with Bernard Thevent. excellent. 25"x33 Framed. $225

 *Early Raleigh Poster with buxom woman. excellent. 31 1/2" x 41" framed, large. probably dates from 1930s-1940s.  at the bottom "J Howitt & Sons, LTD. Nottm" "Printed in England, AD414" $750

 *Cyclist road map of Philadelphia district. 26 1/2"x33". excellent. dated 1899. mounted on board. $250

 *Early Raleigh poster. 30 1/2" x 41" framed. excellent. probably dates from 1930s-1940s. $750

 *Les Sports 1954 Tour de France poster. 22"x30", mounted on board(not glued). Bobet won that year. $225

*Barthelemew's Cyclist Touring Map of England and Wales. 27"x33", mounted, not framed. pre-1900. $200