за половину столетия до книжечки:
"For starters, cycle tourism is as old as cycling, even before. Originally, the cyclist is also called a rider. On his horse, he hangs saddlebags as on his horse, and as on horseback he is not afraid to travel. In 1884, English journalist Thomas Stevens flew from California for a world tour with a velocipede. As early as 1890, bicycle travelers defined themselves as cycle tourists. When we look at the archive photos, we discover that they were all bikepakers, such, in 1895, this Australian with frame bag and backpack or, in 1896, the journalist Maurice Martin, one of the founders in 1891 of the Bordeaux-Paris race, which goes into investigation with his bike, with a beautiful leather frame bag. That year, bike infantry units were created. The men of the 25th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army also have a frame bag. The following year, also equipped, Arthur Richardson embarks on a tour of Australia. A little later, in 1911, Francis Birtles pedaled with a frame bag during a journey from Perth to Sydney. Yet, as far as I can remember, every time I met cyclists they did not look like the original bikepackers, let alone Australian shepherds."