Early Bicycles and the Quest for Speed

Early Bicycles and the Quest for Speed
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9781476630465
ISBN-13 : 1476630461
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Early Bicycles and the Quest for Speed by : Andrew Ritchie

From the earliest "velocipedes" through the advent of the pneumatic tire to the rise of modern road and track competition, this history of the sport of bicycle racing traces its role in the development of bicycle technology between 1868 and 1903. Providing detailed technical information along with biographies of racers and other important personalities, the book explores this thirty-year period of early bicycle history as the social and technical precursor to later developments in the motorcycle and automobile industries.

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance
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Publisher : VeloPress
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1934030422
ISBN-13 : 9781934030424
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance by : Lennard Zinn

From shifters to derailleurs, pedals to handlebars, this book covers every component of a road bike, lists the tools bike owners need to tackle simple and advanced projects, and demonstrates with 295 detailed illustrations how to work on each part.

The country

The country
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 664
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:HWJPJ6
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (J6 Downloads)

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The Patchwork Bike

The Patchwork Bike
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 9780734416698
ISBN-13 : 0734416695
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Patchwork Bike by : Maxine Beneba Clarke

Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award 2019 Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Crichton Award for Debut Illustrator 2017 Selected as a CBCA Honour Picture Book 2017 Shortlisted for PATRICIA WRIGHTSON PRIZE FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 2018 'Beautifully written and incredibly powerful.' Books + Publishing 'this book is just what many of us need right now' - starred Kirkus Review When you live in a village at the edge of the No-Go Desert, you need to make your own fun. That's when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe mum is still using it, maybe not) and a used flour sack. You can even make a numberplate from bark, if you want. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for going bumpity-bump over sandhills, past your fed-up mum and right through your mud-for-walls home. A delightful story from multi-award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, beautifully illustrated by street artist Van T Rudd.

Copenhagenize

Copenhagenize
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9781610919388
ISBN-13 : 1610919386
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Copenhagenize by : Mikael Colville-Andersen

Urban designer Mikael Colville-Andersen draws from his experience working for dozens of cities around the world on bicycle planning, strategy, infrastructure design, and communication. In Copenhagenize he shows cities how to effectively and profitably re-establish the bicycle as a respected, accepted, and feasible form of transportation. Building on his popular blog of the same name, Copenhagenize offers entertaining stories, vivid project descriptions, and best practices, alongside beautiful and informative visuals to show how to make the bicycle an easy, preferred part of everyday urban life.

Historical Dictionary of Cycling

Historical Dictionary of Cycling
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 447
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ISBN-10 : 9780810871755
ISBN-13 : 0810871750
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Cycling by : Jeroen Heijmans

The nearly 150-year-old sport of cycling had its first competition in France in 1868. Soon afterward, the need arose for purpose-built cycling tracks because of poor road conditions at the time. Racing on blocked off pieces of street or grass soon evolvedinto racing on special tracks called velodromes. This development marked the split into what are still the two main forms of cycling competition: road racing and track racing. Initially, track cycling was more popular in terms of public attention and money to be earned by racers, but this gradually changed in favor of road racing, which has been the most popular form of cycling since at least the end of World War II. The Historical Dictionary of Cycling takes a closer look at the sport, as well asdiscussing the use of bicycles as a means of fitness, touring, and commuting. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, photos, a bibliography, and over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on cycling's two main disciplines—road and track—as well as brief overviews of the other forms of cycling. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about cycling.

The Play Cycle

The Play Cycle
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 126
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ISBN-10 : 9780429836831
ISBN-13 : 042983683X
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis The Play Cycle by : Pete King

Twenty years after Gordon Sturrock and the late Professor Perry Else’s 'Colorado Paper' introduced the Play Cycle, this theory of play now supports professional playwork practice, training and education. The Play Cycle: Theory, Research and Application is the first book of its kind to explain the theoretical concept of the Play Cycle, supported by recent research, and how it can be used as an observational method for anyone who works with children in a play context. The book investigates the understandings of the Play Cycle within the playwork field over the last 20 years, and its future application. It addresses each aspect of the Play Cycle (metalude, play cue, play return, play frame, loop and flow and annihilation) and combines the theoretical aspect of the Play Cycle with empirical research evidence. The book also provides an observational tool for people to observe and record play cycles. This book will appeal to playworkers, teachers, play therapists and professionals working in other contexts with children, such as hospitals and prisons. It will support practitioners and students in learning about play and provide lecturers and trainers with a new innovative teaching and training aide.