"bikeable" (1972)

Hugo hugovk at GMAIL.COM
Sun May 18 18:38:17 UTC 2014


"Bikeable" has been added to Oxford Dictionaries in the latest quarterly
update:
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/05/new-words-may-2014/

Here's a 1972 dating.

New York Magazine - 15 May 1972 - Page 65
Vol. 5, No. 20

[Begin]
Not only are there 27 tours — covering  territory from Riverdale to the
Palisades to the islands surrounding us — but there are also sections on
bike anatomy and history, lists of New York bike shops, and the latest
reports on New York traffic regulations and bikeable bridges.
[End]

https://encrypted.google.com/books?id=z-YCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65&dq=%22bikeable%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X2V4U9b3HMnU4QTJ2ICwDQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22bikeable%22%20&f=false

Hugo

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