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''L'Industrie Vélocipédique'' (''Bicycle Industry'') was a French periodical that was published bi-monthly from 1882. It covered cycling (velocipeding) and described itself as ''The organ of manufacturers, mechanics, depositors, agents, renters, amateurs, etc.'' It was published from offices at 33 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau, Paris.Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ''L'Industrie Vélocipédique'', October-November 1890
/ref> By 1910 it had changed its name to ''L' Industrie Vélocipédique et Automobile''.Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ''L'Industrie Vélocipédique'', October-November 1890
/ref> The last recorded publication was 27 December 1913 by which time the title had evolved to ''L' Industrie Vélocipédique et Automobile, Revue technique Hebdomadaire'' (Fortnightly) The Independent organ of the Cycle, Automobile and Aeronautical industries.Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France, ''L'Industrie Vélocipédique et Automobile,'', 27 December 1913
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Cycling Publication market

By 1903 the French market for cycling publications was large, energetic and crowded. Thus ''L'Industrie Vélocipédique'' had to compete with ''La Revue des Sport''; ''La Revue du Sport Vélocipédique''; ''Le Veloce-Sport''; ''Le Cycle''; ''Le Monde Cycliste''; ''La France Cycliste''; ''Les Sportes Athletiques''; ''Le Cycliste''; ''Le Bulletin Officiel de l'Union Velocipedique de France''; ''Le Cycliste Belge''; ''Le Cyclisme''; ''La Bicyclette''; ''L'Echo des Sports de Paris''; the daily cycling newspaper '' Le Velo'' and '' L'Auto-Vélo''.The Tour De France, 1903-2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings ... edited by Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare.
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National Library of France – Gallica

All copies of ''L'Industrie Vélocipédique'' are stored at the National Library France – Gallica. They can be freely accessed online a
Gallica, Online Archive, L'Industrie Vélocipédique'' Index


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