ocr atic ▁or ▁rich , ▁fl irt ed ▁with ▁the ▁b icy cle ▁and ▁then ▁abandoned ▁it ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁motor ▁car . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁lower ▁middle ▁class ▁which ▁prof ited ▁from ▁cy cling ▁and ▁the ▁liber ation ▁that ▁it ▁brought . ▁The ▁Cy cl ist ▁of ▁ 1 3 ▁August ▁ 1 8 9 2 ▁said : ▁" The ▁two ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁community ▁which ▁form ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁' w heel men ' ▁are ▁the ▁great ▁cl erk ▁class ▁and ▁the ▁great ▁shop ▁assistant ▁class ." ▁H . ▁G . ▁Well s ▁ ▁described ▁this ▁asp ir ant ▁class ▁liber ated ▁through ▁cy cling . ▁Three ▁of ▁his ▁hero es ▁– ▁in ▁The ▁History ▁of ▁Mr ▁Pol ly , ▁K ipp s ▁and ▁The ▁Whe els ▁of ▁Ch ance ▁– ▁buy ▁b icy cles . ▁The ▁first ▁two ▁work ▁in ▁dra per y ▁sh ops . ▁The ▁third , ▁Ho op driver , ▁goes ▁on ▁a ▁cy cling ▁hol iday . ▁The ▁authors ▁R oder ick ▁Watson ▁and ▁Martin ▁Gray ▁say : ▁Ho op driver ▁is ▁certainly ▁liber ated ▁by ▁his ▁machine . ▁It ▁aff ords ▁him ▁not ▁only ▁a ▁country ▁hol iday , ▁in ▁itself ▁a ▁remarkable ▁event ▁which ▁he ▁enjo ys ▁imm ens ely , ▁however ▁ignor ant ▁of ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide ▁he ▁may ▁be , ▁but ▁also ▁a ▁br ush ▁with ▁a ▁society ▁girl , ▁r iding ▁on ▁p neum at ics ▁and ▁we aring ▁some ▁kind ▁of ▁R ational ▁D ress . ▁ ▁The