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A race car competing in the Columbus 500 in 1985. Auto Racing of Columbus held a professional street-racing event in downtown Columbus from 1985-1988.

A 1939 Junkyard Derby was held in Columbus at a track on Joyce Avenue, just south of Hudson St.

Auto racer Barney Oldfield and aviator Lincoln Beachey raced in Driving Park in 1914. Beachey, known for his aerial stunts, won.

John Carter “Conn” Baker lived in Columbus from 1908, and was a bicycle daredevil with the stage name Diavolo. He is pictured here performing his famous loop-the-loop in 1904 in his devil costume.

The crash that started it all: The planned locomotive collision in Buckeye Park in 1896 was imitated across the nation.

The Scioto-Olentangy Trail provides a great view of the city. It begins west of downtown Columbus and continues north along the Olentangy River.

Mayor Michael B. Coleman (left) announced the Bicentennial Bikeway Plan in 2008. The goal of the plan was to shift 10 percent of the city’s transportation to bicycling, walking or public transit.

President Warren G. Harding, a Marion, Ohio native, hosted this group of “bicycle boys” at the White House in the 1920s. By the 1930s, the bicycle craze for adults had ended and bicycles were seen largely as amusements for children.

Dottie Farnsworth competed in bicycle races across the country, advertising Dayton Model H bicycles. Trousers were often worn by women while bicycling and soon became part of everyday fashions.

Developed in the 1810s, early bicycles included variations of the number of wheels and often lacked good controls or braking mechanisms.