Education
He graduated from Harvard University in 1980 and is an alumnus of the Harvard Cycling Club.
He graduated from Harvard University in 1980 and is an alumnus of the Harvard Cycling Club.
He is notable for writing Bicycle: The History, published by Yale University Press, and Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance. He has also presented at the International Cycling History Conference and has published an opinion piece on cycling in The New York Times. He is the son of noted historian David Herlihy.
Herlihy presented evidence at the fourth International Cycling History Conference in Boston, Massachusetts, October
11-16, 1993, that Pierre Lallement deserves cr for putting pedals on the dandy horse.
1999 McNair History Award from the Wheelmen, the preeminent American association of antique bicycle collectors. 2004 Award for Excellence in the History of Science sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers. 2005 Sally Hacker Prize sponsored by the Society for the History of Technology.
