If you’re a cyclist looking for inspiration this summer, try looking back in time to the 1930s when the world was different, as were the bicycles.
Ingersoll, Ont., shoe salesman Douglas Carr was in his mid-20s when he booked a ticket on a transatlantic steamship to London, England, to watch the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Carr then went on an incredible journey around the world — largely completed by bicycle, much to the delight of modern-day thrill seekers.
“So he thought, ‘I’m this far from home. I’ll do some sightseeing.’ So he bought a bicycle,” said Scott Gillies, curator at the Ingersoll Cheese and Agricultural Museum, who knew Carr
