Abstract
For any trip longer than that which could be accomplished by walking, Pittsburghers in the 19th century traveled by horseback, steamboat, and train. By the dawn of the 20th century, they were quick to trade up their carriage and wagon wheels to tires, or upgrade to a horseless carriage that incorporated the inventions of Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford, Karl Benz, Ransom Olds, David Buick, and Charles Nash. The new gasoline, steam, andelectric engines enabled locomotion to evolve from two-wheeled vehicles to three and eventually four. Pioneers in this process were America's bicyclists, and chief among them were Pittsburgh's Banker brothers.
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