Culture on Two WheelsBicycles have more cultural identities than many realize, functioning not only as literal vehicles in a text but also as vehicles for that texts themes, ideas, and critiques. In the late nineteenth century the bicycle was seen as a way for the wealthy urban elite to reconnect with nature and for women to gain a measure of personal freedom, while during World War II it became a utilitarian tool of the French Resistance and in 1970s China stood for