Newspapers are a great way to follow the evolution of the bicycle. Bicycles were actually quite revolutionary-and during the 1890's especially newspapers included significant coverage of bicycles.

Search Historic Newspapers at the Library of Congress:

• Chronicling America. You can freely search this collection of digitized newspapers anywhere with an internet connection. For example, I searched for "Annie Londonderry" and got a number of results related to the famed female round-the-world cyclist.
• Search Digital Collections that include Historical Newspapers.
• Search and Request Printed + Bound Newspapers
• Search and Request titles on Microfilm.
• On-site visitors, ask for recommendations on Databases & Digital Collections

Here are samples of various articles from Chronicling America:

• Summer Girls on the Wheel. Waterbury Evening Democrat. [volume], May 06, 1899.
• New Season Bloomerites. The Herald. [microfilm reel], September 01, 1895.
• Autumn Bicycle Fashions: The Evolution of Radical Dress. The Salt Lake Herald., August 26, 1894.
• How to Make a Bicycle Suit. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer., May 09, 1897.
• Women and the Wheel in 1896. The Herald. [microfilm reel], May 10, 1896.