“‘With hardly any exception there is a consensus of opinion that the exercise of wheeling, properly regulated and indulged in at proper times and seasons, is of great benefit to all sound women and girls.’”

The passage says that wheeling, meaning riding a bicycle, is beneficial for healthy women and girls when done at appropriate times and in a regulated way. That is a favorable view of bicycles, so the correct choice is “for bicycles.”

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