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Author : Nick Clayton
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445648830
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The Birth of the Bicycle written by Nick Clayton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concise but revealing history of the bicycle over 200 years
Author : Jody Rosen
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448192250
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Two Wheels Good written by Jody Rosen and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023** 'Full of delightful anecdotes and interviews and fascinating historical tales' Mail on Sunday A panoramic portrait of the wonderous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine. A toy, a tool, a liberator, or complete nuisance: the bicycle has been many things to many people over the decades, yet it endures as the most popular form of transport in the world. How has such a simple machine achieved so much? Combining history, travelogue and memoir, Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous vehicle from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a 'green machine'. Readers meet unforgettable characters: women's suffragists who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas, astronauts who ride a floating bicycle in zero gravity. By examining the bicycle's past and peering into its future, Two Wheels Good forms a joyful ode to an engineering marvel of global importance. 'Funny, precise, surprising' Adam Gopnik 'Love for two-wheeled transport runs through every sentence' Economist 'Wry, rich, deeply researched' Patrick Radden Keefe
Author : Frank Berto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781892495723
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (957 download)
Download or read book The Birth of Dirt written by Frank Berto and published by . This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the story of the birth of the mountain bike and the new off-road sport which spurred its development. It also settles once and for all the oft-disputed question, 'who invented the mountain bike?' The expert author has left no stone unturned to get to the facts, including taped interviews with all the major players from Gary Fisher and Charlie Kelly to Joe Breeze and Tom Ritchey - and many other luminaries in the history of the sport. Illustrated with 160 period action photographs and technical drawings."--Amazon website.
Author : Sarah Nelson
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536213926
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Birth of the Bicycle: A Bumpy History of the Bicycle in America 1819-1900 written by Sarah Nelson and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three cheers for the birth of the bicycle! Hop on for a jaunty, rhythmic ride through a playfully illustrated history. From the pedal-less, brakeless wooden velocipedes of the 1800s to the sleek racing machines of today, from a luxury for the wealthy to a lifeline for the working class, the bicycle's journey is a study in invention, innovation, and ingenuity. Sarah Nelson's affectionate and poetic tribute covers almost a century of the two-wheeler's development, while Iacopo Bruno's bold, bright artwork illuminates this marvel of engineering. Cycling enthusiasts as well as budding mechanical engineers, inventors, tinkerers, and dreamers will revel in this fact-packed nonfiction adventure story--complete with a time line and other lively back matter designed to remind readers how truly extraordinary everyday objects can be.
Author : Frank Dickens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781859603215
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)
Download or read book My First Bike Book written by Frank Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides children and parents with the necessary information required by 5 to 8 year-olds when learning to ride a bicycle. This character-led story includes a quiz and covers safety aspects; clothing; accessories; and riding techniques.
Author : Frank J. Berto
Publisher : Van Der Plas Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781892495419
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (954 download)
Download or read book The Dancing Chain written by Frank J. Berto and published by Van Der Plas Publications. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded and updated 2nd edition of the book that covers the history and development of the modern derailleur bicycle-and the gadget that makes it tick: the derailleur gearing mechanism. The Dancing Chain picks up where other bicycle history books leave off: at the introduction of multiple-speed gearing mechanisms at the beginning of the 20th century. 384 pages of text with 1,200 black & white illustrations, including many new Daniel Rebour drawings never before published in any English-language publications.
Author : David V. Herlihy
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300104189
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Bicycle written by David V. Herlihy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nineteenth century's "mechanical horse" offered an exciting new world of transportation for all and ushered in an era of changes that resonates to the present day, changes cataloged and described in a fascinating history of an engineering marvel.
Author : Andrew Cleveland Honeycutt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (143 download)
Download or read book The Birth of the Bicycle written by Andrew Cleveland Honeycutt and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank J. Berto
Publisher : Cycle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781892495105
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (951 download)
Download or read book The Birth of Dirt written by Frank J. Berto and published by Cycle Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive the birth of the sport and the invention of the machine. In this fascinating book, Frank Berto, former engineering editor of Bicycling magazine, leaves no stone unturned in his quest for the truth about the beginnings of mountain biking and the invention of the mountain bike. Illustrated with numerous period documents and vivid photographs by two of the early pioneers themselves (Wende Cragg and Erik Koski), this book should put an end to the question of who invented the mountain bike. At the same time, it will let you experience the pioneering days of the sport for yourself.
Author : Lance Armstrong
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 9781579546694
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (466 download)
Download or read book The Noblest Invention written by Lance Armstrong and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2003-11-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays and photographs offer a chronicle of the origins and evolution of the bicycle, from its first appearance as a primitive wooden Laufsmachine to its development into a lightweight, elegant racing machine.
Author : Suze Clemitson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472918894
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book A History of Cycling in 100 Objects written by Suze Clemitson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and quirky look at the history of cycling through 100 objects that have changed the bicycle as we know it. Have you ever wondered why the leader's jersey at the Tour de France is yellow? Where Graeme Obree's record-breaking bike 'Old Faithful' got its nickname? Or the role of bloomers in bicycle design? Find out in this absorbing and quirky look at the history of cycling and the development of bike-related design through 100 pivotal objects. Charting the journey from the laufmaschine to the Brompton, through the early prototypes and the two-wheeled toys of the aristocracy, to the speed machines we know today. Filled with fascinating photographs and illustrations, this book immerses you in the history of cycling – from the boneshaker via the bicycle powered washing machine, to cuddly lions and ball bearings.
Author : Tom Ambrose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780750960601
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (66 download)
Download or read book The History of Cycling in Fifty Bikes written by Tom Ambrose and published by . This book was released on 2014-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For an invention that has only been around for 200 years, the simple bicycle has changed the world in many ways. It democratised travel for the first time, allowing ordinary people to travel at reasonable speed without need of a horse, to commute further afield to work and to enjoy the benefits of the countryside. It has challenged social conventions, granting women a new-found freedom, and it has played an important role in wartime, whether used by British paratroopers or in Vietnamese supply lines. Today, despite the prevalence of the car, the bicycle is as important as ever, with more cycles appear on city streets each year.Bikes come in all shapes and sizes and the history of cycling is on of innovation in design: from Macmillan's first pedal-driven cycle to the eccentric Dursley Pedersen, and from the 1960s iconic Moulton to the free-styling BMX, the humble cycle continues to surprise and delight in equal measure. Illustrated in full colour with a wide range of photographs, The History of Cycling in Fifty bikes tells the story of the bicycle through 50 iconic machines, starting with the first primitive wooden two-wheelers through to carbon-fibre super bikes and the designs of the future, celebrating sporting achievements, technological advances and world records along with way.
Author : Robert A. Smith
Publisher : New York : American Heritage Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Social History of the Bicycle, Its Early Life and Times in America written by Robert A. Smith and published by New York : American Heritage Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tony Hadland
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026252970X
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Bicycle Design written by Tony Hadland and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and comprehensive account of the bicycle's two-hundred-year evolution. The bicycle ranks as one of the most enduring, most widely used vehicles in the world, with more than a billion produced during almost two hundred years of cycling history. This book offers an authoritative and comprehensive account of the bicycle's technical and historical evolution, from the earliest velocipedes (invented to fill the need for horseless transport during a shortage of oats) to modern racing bikes, mountain bikes, and recumbents. It traces the bicycle's development in terms of materials, ergonomics, and vehicle physics, as carried out by inventors, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers. Written by two leading bicycle historians and generously illustrated with historic drawings, designs, and photographs, Bicycle Design describes the key stages in the evolution of the bicycle, beginning with the counterintuitive idea of balancing on two wheels in line, through the development of tension-spoked wheels, indirect drives (employing levers, pulleys, chains, and chainwheels), and pneumatic tires. The authors examine the further development of the bicycle for such specific purposes as racing, portability, and all-terrain use; and they describe the evolution of bicycle components including seats, transmission, brakes, lights (at first candle-based), and carriers (racks, panniers, saddlebags, child seats, and sidecars). They consider not only commercially successful designs but also commercial failures that pointed the way to future technological developments. And they debunk some myths about bicycles—for example, the mistaken but often-cited idea that Leonardo sketched a chain-drive bike in his notebooks. Despite the bicycle's long history and mass appeal, its technological history has been neglected. This volume, with its engaging and wide-ranging coverage, fills that gap. It will be the starting point for all future histories of the bicycle.
Author : Serena Beeley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of Bicycles written by Serena Beeley and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : P. Smethurst
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137499516
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book The Bicycle — Towards a Global History written by P. Smethurst and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-22 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first history of the bicycle to trace not only the technical background to its invention, but also to contrast its social and cultural impact in different parts of the world, and assess its future as a continuing global phenomenon.
Author : J. T. Goddard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Velocipede written by J. T. Goddard and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
