CERN and the Bicycle

Interesting article about the early days of CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) where they used bicycles to transmit data (on tapes) from one computer to another. And what's the best way to get around a 17 mile Hadron Collider by bike of course!

http://googlemapsbikethere.org/2008/09/22/early-cern-network-was-on-line-bicycle/