The Cycle Industry, its origin, history and latest developments
Walter Ferdinando Grew
Read by Phil Benson
From the velocipede to the motor cycle in twenty chapters. A short history of the British bicycle industry from its origins in a Coventry sewing machine factory in 1868 to its transformation into one of the countries most important industries. A reminder of the days when bicycles ruled the roads from the Pitman's Common Commodities and Industry Series. - Summary by Phil Benson (3 hr 11 min)
Chapters
| Early history and origin of the bicycle | 22:23 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The tricycle era | 9:23 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Tandem bicycles | 5:22 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Materials | 8:18 | Read by Phil Benson |
| From the stores to the railway dray | 21:26 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Production methods | 6:45 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The pneumatic and other tyres | 13:16 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Change speed gears | 10:09 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Spring frames | 6:00 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The trade and racing | 7:40 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The cycle boom | 8:06 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Roads in Great Britain | 8:48 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The weight question | 5:57 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The bicycle on the continent | 5:00 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Military and other service bicycles | 6:21 | Read by Phil Benson |
| In the factory | 8:23 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Accessories | 7:51 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Pioneer rides | 3:49 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The motor cycle | 15:05 | Read by Phil Benson |
| The future of the industry | 5:14 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Advertisements | 6:29 | Read by Phil Benson |