By chance, I stumbled over a website containing this:
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| From 591 Photography Blog |
Now, if you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that I'd publish that photo just because of the chainguard on the bike in it! But it has historical significance: The bike and rider were part of a massive Stockholm demonstration in 1972.
Some argue that this demonstration is to the international "green" or environmental movement as the Stonewall Rebellion is to the LGBT rights movement. Thousands of people--mostly young, mostly on or with bicycles--brought the city to a virtual standstill for several days in April.
