The Wheels of Chance is an early comic novel by H.
Wells about an August 1895 cycling holiday, somewhat in the style of Three Men in a Boat.
In 1922 it was adapted into a silent film The Wheels of Chance directed by Harold M.
The Wheels of Chance was written at the height of the cycling craze (1890-1905), when practical, comfortable bicycles first became widely and cheaply available and before the rise of the automobile (see Hi.
