32sd INTERNATIONAL CYCLING HISTORY CONFERENCE 2023
32sd ICHC
Live the present, Looking at the past, Thinking about the future
THE CITY OF CREMONA INTERNATIONAL CYCLE HISTORY CONFERENCE
Conference Room Puerari, Museo Civico, Cremona, Italy
May 13-16, 2023
Carlo and Alfredo Azzini, Chairmans
Opening of the conference, Welcome and Daily Notes
Carlo and Alfredo Azzini (IT), 32sd ICHC Chairmans
Draisina – Muzeum Ala Ponsone
Gift of the Calciati Crotti family in 1994, restoration in 2019-22.
Restoration of a Velocipede
Mauro Camosso (IT)
Bianchi bicycle and Museum A & C Azzini in Soresina
Carlo Azzini (IT)
The Bianchis of Bianchi
Alfredo Azzini (IT)
Vintage bicycles Magazine
Galli Allesandro (IT)
The history of the bicycle before the invention of the bicycle
Gerjan Moed (Ned)
Human powered vehicles before two-wheelers
Dusty Jacobs (Ned)
Cyclecars
John Green (UK)
The Bicycle Blitzkrieg: Japan´s invasion of Malaya 1941/42
Christian Wignal (San Francisco, CA)
A Shifty Bussines: 120 years of shifting hub and bottom bracket gears
Christopher Morris (UK)
Cyclist as messengers of the motor dawn
Jan Králík (CZ)
A critical look at Radison´s claim about the first bicycle (1854)
David Herlihy (USA)
The Bicycle Bushranger
Rosemary Sharples (Sydney, Australia)
Original photographs freeze time
Lorne Shields (Canada)
A special article
Heinrich Bűltemann (Germany)
New book: Alle origini della bicycletta
Mr.Azzini christened his new book during this year's conference
Museum A & C Azzini in Soresina
The best thing that awaited the participants of the conference was the nice "obligation" to spend several hours studying bicycles (mainly local brands) in the museum in Soresina.
Full museum report HERE.
Museo Civico
A very nice building with history hosted this year's The conference ICHC
