It was too long to fit into the handlebars, besides how could I hold it there?
"My Home In The Field of Honor"
Frances Wilson Huard
Six miles southeast of Ghent, we ran into a regiment of Belgian infantry moving back from the direction of Brussels, and farther on a squad of cavalry and some more cavalry outposts; then two companies of bicycle patrol, the men with their heads bent over the handlebars, Mausers slung over their shoulders, pedaling heavily through the mud and slush of a cold September storm.
"The Log of a Noncombatant"
Horace Green
He rigged up a shelf-like device on his bicycle handlebars.
"Half Portions"
Edna Ferber