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International Cycling History Conference
Offering historians a forum to exchange their findings and ideas                ©2014- 2026 ICHC

Program

Friday May 23, 2025 through Sunday May 25, 2025
- 34th ICHC -
50 Route Nationale, 41260 La Chaussée-St-Victor

 

The 2025 Conference will consist of two days of presentations on Saturday and Sunday and a business meeting before on Firday. The conference room is sponsored by Union Velocipede Belle Eloquenz (UVBE). The gala dinner is at a restaurant in Blois planned for Friday, since most restaurants are closed on Sunday. Thus, the program will be:

 

Friday, 23 May

 

3:00 pm: Inscription and meeting and discussion about the future of the ICHC.

 

6:30 pm: Leave by bus to gala dinner (included ), location to be determined.

 

7:30 pm: Gala dinner (included ), location to be determined.

 

 

Saturday, 24, May

 

9:30 am: opening

 

10:00 am: Heinrich Bültemann-Hagedorn: Cycle paths in Bremen

 

11:00 am: Julian Sanchez: 1. The First Cyclists in Colombia 1890-1940

 

12:00 am: coffee break

 

2:00 pm: Jürgen Wagner: Peugeot frame numbers

 

3:00 pm: Robert Johannes Hummel: The first known bicycle in the Ottoman Empire

 

4:00 pm: David Herlihy: Newly discovered letters to the Compagnie Parisienne

 

 

Sunday, 25 May

 

10:00 am: Greg Longfellow: Tour de Trump 1989- 1990

 

11:00 am: Fahmi Saimima: "The History of Bicycles in Indonesia: A Colonial Legacy"

 

12:00 am: coffee break

 

2:00 pm: Pierre Bernier: History of cycling songs

 

2:45 pm: Julian Sanchez: 2. Bogotá's Sunday Ciclovía on the Occasion of Its 50th Birthday

 

3:30 pm: Christophe Lagrange: The Gladiator folding bicycle presented by Robert Johannes Hummel

 

4:00 pm: Dr. Angus Pamuji, Sp.An, M.Kes, "The History of Old Bicycles in Yogyakarta: From Daily Transport to Cultural Heritage"

 

 

Monday 26th of May till Wednesday 28th of May

 

Optional ride from the Conference via Chambord to Sully-sur-Seine.

 

Conference fees are: 170 € for participants (covering the dinner and a copy of the Proceedings), or 70 € for accompanying partners (covering the dinner). Participants are responsible for lodging and other meals. For further information contact Robert Hummel at [email protected].