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- Cyclist Albert Schock Seated on Bicycle With Floral Tribute, circa 1890 - Albert Schock poses astride his bicycle in this early-1890s photograph. Schock competed in six-day races in the 1880s and 1890s. He set an American record atop a high-wheel machine in 1886, but switched to safety bicycles when they proved to be faster. Six-day races lasted up to eighteen hours a day for one week, with no racing on Sunday.
- circa 1890
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Cyclist Albert Schock Seated on Bicycle With Floral Tribute, circa 1890
Albert Schock poses astride his bicycle in this early-1890s photograph. Schock competed in six-day races in the 1880s and 1890s. He set an American record atop a high-wheel machine in 1886, but switched to safety bicycles when they proved to be faster. Six-day races lasted up to eighteen hours a day for one week, with no racing on Sunday.