Here is a link to a recently opened museum exhibit called Bike Rides - it might warrant a field trip to Connecticut:

http://www.aldrichart.org/exhibitions/bikes.php

I also found this David Byrne article and video to be interesting:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203440104574403293064136098.html#video%3DCC7135BE-7B21-4EAE-8761-A7E1B0571FA1%26articleTabs%3Dvideo