Bicycle History & Collecting Books

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These books cover the history of cycling, and many are aimed at collectors of classic bicycles. Ed likes Major Taylor, which tells the story of one of the first Black Americans to become a World Champion.

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         Item #: B3066
TITLE: 1957 Schwinn Parts & Accessories Catalog
Pages: 40 8.5" x 11" pages, illustrations
Price: $ 6.00
      Nothing fancy here. Just a reprint of the 1957 Schwinn parts & accessories catalog. 40 pages photocopied & stapled together.
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         Item #: B2862
TITLE: A Dirt Road Rider's Trek Epic
Author(s): Vincente of America
Pages: 112 pages, illustrations
Price: $ 15.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 12.00
      An inspirational "underground" cycling book. The collected writings & artworks of one of the founding fathers of mountain biking, and a godfather for U.S. cycling in general. He was the first road racer to win in Europe in the modern era, he inspired RAAM with his trans-US record & gave the voodoo vibe to montain biking. A rare champion athlete-artist-writer. This is the only book to give his biography info.
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         Item #: B1361
TITLE: Bicycle Blue Book
Author(s): Gordon & Hurd
Pages: 186 5" x 8" pages, illustrations
Price: $ 12.95
      Illustrated listing of collectable bicycles from 1820-1970 with 1995 market values.
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         Item #: B2684
TITLE: Bicycle Collectibles
Author(s): Dan Gindling
Pages: 152 6" x 9" pages, many color photos
Price: $ 19.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.96
      Covers all types of collectible bicycling related items including: Bicycles, parts & accessories, art, beer & wine labels, books, bottles, Christmas tree ornaments, cigar box labels & cigar bands, cigarette packs & insert cards, comic books, fast food toys, games, headbadges, jigsaw puzzles, metal lunch boxes, magazines & advertisements, matchcovers, medals, phonecards, phonographs, playing cards, postcards, posters, souvenir spoons, stamps, steins, toy soldiers, valentines, and more.
      This guide includes many color photos and approximate prices.
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         Item #: B2381
TITLE: Classic American Bicycles
Author(s): Jay Pridemore
Pages: 96 8.25" x 9" pages, color & b/w photos
Price: $ 13.95
      Showcases the greatest bicycles from American manufacturers. Begins in the 1870s when Albert A. Pope founded the company that built America's first production bicycle, through the turn-of-the-century high-wheelers, the balloon-tired whitewalls of the 1950s, the sparkling ape-hanger muscle bikes of the 1970s, & finishes with the high-performance mountain bikes of today. In all, this book covers more than a century of bicycles in the United States.
      Manufacturers highlighted include Schwinn, Huffy, Columbia, Roadmaster, Shelby, Monark, & Hawthorne.
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         Item #: B0298
TITLE: Collectable Elgin - J.C. Higgins Hawthorn Bicycles: Sears & Wards American Balloon Tire Bicycles from the 1930's - 1960
Author(s): James Hurd and T.A. Gordon
Pages: 258 8.5" x 11" pages, photos and illustrations
Price: $ 19.95
      Sears & Ward sold the bicycles in this guide through their local stores & mail order catalogs. This is a compendium of their top of the line full size bikes from the 1930's - 1960. The information on these bicycles, parts, & accessories has been compiled from original catalogs.
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         Item #: B0297
TITLE: Collectable Schwinn Sting-Ray Bicycles: 1963 1/2 - 1979
Author(s): T.A. Gordon and James Hurd
Pages: 182 8.5" x 11" pages, photos and illustrations
Price: $ 18.95
      The Sting-Ray bicycle hit the market in June of 1963, and set the design trend in the kid's segment of the market for years to come. Many of these bicycles are now collectables. This book includes all original catalog pages advertising Sting-Rays between 1963 & 1979. Additional information includes:
      * Dating your bicycle
      * Schwinn production statistics
      * Assembly instructions
      * Miscellaneous parts & accessories
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         Item #: B1365
TITLE: Collectable Schwinn-Built Bicycles 1950-1965
Author(s): James L. Hurd
Pages: 108 8.5" x 11" pages, illustrations, comb binding
Price: $ 15.95
      Contains information on:
      * Model numbers
      * Retail prices
      * Accessories
      * Special equipment
      * Key lock codes
      * Serial numbers
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         Item #: B2692
TITLE: Colonel Albert Pope & His American Dream Machine: The Life & Times of a Bicycle Tycoon Turned Automotive Pioneer
Author(s): Stephen Goddard
Pages: 263 7" x 10" pages, HARDCOVER, photos
Price: $ 39.95
      A little over a century ago in Hartford, Connecticut, Colonel Albert A. Pope was hailed as a leading automaker in the United States. That his name is not a household word today is the very essence of his story. Students of American business history will know of Pope, but this work also includes Pope's account of his Civil War service at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Vicksburg and explores in detail his entrepreneurial ventures. Pope's company was the world's largest manufacturer of bicycles (under the Columbia label) in the late 1800s.
      His production methods pointed the way for the building of automobiles through lightweight metals, rubber tires, precision machining, interchangeability of parts, and vertical integration. The founder of the Good Roads Movement, Pope entered automobile manufacturing while steam, electricity, and gasoline power were still vying for supremacy. The story of his failed dream of dominating U.S. automobile production is an engrossing view into America's industrial history
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         Item #: B2487
TITLE: Fausto Coppi
Author(s): Jacques Augendre
Pages: 157 9.5" x 12" pages, b/w photos
Price: $ 39.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 31.96
      The former butcher's delivery boy, who rose to the elevated position of a cycling superstar, was a hero adored & loved for his legendary exploits & dramatic misfortunes. Having experienced all of the emotional highs & lows that sport can bring, Fausto Coppi then suffered a painful decline in his personal & sporting life from which he could not recover. The Campionissimo was a tragic hero.
      Fate decreed that he would die at forty years of age, and so became the object of a myth, as much as our memory of him is surrounded by mystery. The paradoxes of his personality & the significant moments of his existence are laid out by the pen of Jacques Augendre, and through magificent & often very moving images, the defining moments from his life are presented here. Forty years after his death, the warmth, aura and melancholy personality of the incomparable Fausto Coppi come alive in these pages.
      A former journalist with the French newspaper L'Equipe and an editor of Cycle, Jacques Augendre works today as an archivist with the Societe du Tour de France. He is the author of ten books on cycling
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         Item #: B1050
TITLE: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle: Reflections of an Influential 19th Century Woman
Author(s): Frances E. Willard
Pages: 104 5" x 7" pages, illustrations, photos
Price: $ 8.95
      "She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life."
      - Frances E. Willard
     
      In 1893, Frances Willard, at the age of 53, decided to take up bicycling when her doctor advised her to get more outdoor exercise. As a social reformer, she was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and an advocate of causes such as temperance, women's suffrage, the eight hour workday, & public kindergarten. She encouraged women to learn to ride the bicycle: "It is just as good company as most husbands, and, when it gets old & shabby, a woman can dispose of it & get a new one without shocking the entire community". Most of the text comes Frances E. Willard's "A Wheel Within a Wheel", published in 1895. A biogrphical sketch of Ms. Willard has been added, along with an essay on women & cycling in the 1800's. Many folks of that period believed women & cycling were a bad mixture. One writer believed the "unfettered liberty" of bicycling would "intixicate" women to immoral acts.
     
      "... charming & disarming memoir" - Los Angeles Times
     
      "... delightful, uplifting, & unique bit of history" - Booklist
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         Item #: B1364
TITLE: Introductory Guide to Collecting the Classics: American Balloon Tire Bicycles From the 1930's-1960
Author(s): James L. Hurd & Don A. Hennings
Pages: 98 8.5" x 11" pages. illustrations
Price: $ 15.95
      Covers numerous types of classic bicycles:
      * Schwinn
      * Columbia
      * Elgin
      * Bowden
      * Monarch
      * Silver King
      * Rollfast
      * Shelby
      * Roadmaster
      * Dayton
      * Whizzer, & more
      Also includes:
      * 10 ways to find antique & classic bicycles
      * Restoration tips
      * Directory of helpful references
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         Item #: B1366
TITLE: Island Cycle Supply Company 1938 Parts Catalog Reprint
Pages: 108 8.5" x 11" pages, illustrations
Price: $ 19.95
      Reprint of 1938 Island Cycle Supply catalog. Includes bicycles, parts, accessories, plus other items such as baby walkers, scooters, & roller skates.
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         Item #: B1343
TITLE: It's In the Bag
Author(s): Tony Hadland & John Pinkerton
Pages: Hardcover, 154 6" x 8.5" pages, photos
Price: $ 36.95
      Traces 120 years of portable (folders, separables & compressibles) bicycle history, focusing on UK products & significant imports.
     
      Tony Hadland has concentrated on the period from when the mould-breaking Moulton was launched in the 1960s up to early 1996, while John Pinkerton has covered the time from the Victorian era through to the 1960s. Their research has been based wherever possible on primary sources, with reference to designers and manufacturers in many cases. This has resulted in a wide range of unusual and sometimes even bizarre portables being covered. Little has been missed.
     
      "The idea of putting a bicycle in a bag is, indeed, a queer one, but of considerable value for all that, in these days of high railway charges." - Henry Sturmey, 1881
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         Item #: B3083
TITLE: Le Tour: A Century of the Tour de France
Author(s): Jeremy Whittle (Foreword by Greg LeMond)
Pages: Hardcover, 256 9.5" x 11" pages, color & b/w photos
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      Nearly all photos, this book offers a stunning visual journey through the first century of this epic race. In the process, it also provides a unique glimpse of the changing face of France through the 20th century. Packed with images of the great & good competitors, "Le Tour" also features photos of the winners, from the very first - the "Little Chimney Sweep", Frenchman Maurice Garin - to Lance Armstrong. As well as picturing the riders, the images portray all aspects of the life of the Tour, from road-side spectators to the competitors at play, from the graffiti etched on mountain roads by ardent fans to the majestic scenery of a beautiful country. There are photgraphs of dramatic finishes & calamitous starts, of the successive generations of French automobiles that have carried the race teams, and of the spectacular mountain backdrops as the peloton races by. The whole of the history & life of le Tour is here.
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         Item #: B0075
TITLE: Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer
Author(s): Andrew Ritchie
Pages: 304 pages, 32 pages of photos
Price: $ 15.95
      Major Taylor was born in Indianapolis in 1878. He went on to become American sprint champion 1898-1900, the first black world champion in any sport, and 1-mile record holder. A deeply religious man, Taylor once turned down $10,000 for a tour of Europe because he would not race on Sunday.
     
      "A fresh insight into the life of Major Taylor. It provides a fuller appreciation of the importance of cycling at the turn of the century when Major Taylor was literally the fastest man on earth."
      - Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
     
      "Revealing story of an intriguing and undeservedly forgotten American sports star."
      - Greg Lemond
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         Item #: B2532
TITLE: On Your Bicycle: The Illustrated History of Cycling
Author(s): McGurn
Pages: 208 pages, color & b/w photos
Price: $ 27.00 @ 20.0% off = $ 21.60
      A social history of the bicycle, written from an international perspective. Describes the bicycle's roller coaster popularity. Sometimes a sad, neglected toy while other times the darling of the age. The bicycle did more for morals & manners than almost any other invention. This richly illustrated book takes a lively look at its ups & downs.
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         Item #: B2616
TITLE: Proceedings of the 10th International Cycle History Conference, Nijmegen, Holland
Author(s): edited by H.E. Lessing & Andrew Ritchie
Pages: Hardcover, 176 8.5" x 11" pages, 150 b/w photos
Price: $ 45.00
     
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         Item #: B2855
TITLE: Proceedings of the 11th International Cycle History Conference, Osaka
Author(s): edited by Iain Boal & Andrew Ritchie
Pages: Hardcover, 176 8.5" x 11" pages, 150 b/w illustrations
Price: $ 45.00
     
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         Item #: B0756
TITLE: Proceedings of the 4th International Cycle History Conference, Boston, 1993
Author(s): edited by Rob van der Plas
Pages: Hardcover, 160 8.5" x 11" pages, 80 b/w illustrations
Price: $ 30.00
      Scholarly yet readable accounts on various aspects of cycling history. Topics include:
      1. Who Invented the Bicycle - Lallement in 1863 or Michaux in 1861?
      2. The Quest for the Medieval Hobby-Horse Velocipede
      3. The Reception of the Front-Wheel-Driven Velocipede in Germany
      4. Did the Emergence of the Automobile End the Bicycle Boom?
      5. Bicycles in Flight
      6. The Influence of Materials-Developments on the Design & Construction of Eary Cycles
      7. The Development of Unorthodox Frames- Why These "Funny Frames?"
      8. Non-Technological Factors in Early Cycle Design
      9. Hans Renold Chain Production 1882-1910
      10. Albert Raimond & The Cyclo Company
      11. De l'arme au cycle, en Region Stephanoise- recherches sur une filiation
      (unfortunately, this chapter is in French)
      12. Rene Herse- Renowned French Framebuilder
      13. John Keen- The Life of a Cycling Pioneer
      14. The Diaries of Egbert Tegetmeier
      15. Bicycling for Ladies
      16. The Vienna-Berlin Race of 1893 & Its Influence on the Cycling Movement in Germay & Austria
      17. The Velo-Club Bearnais
      18. The Bicycle's Role in the Development of Safety Law
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         Item #: B0757
TITLE: Proceedings of the 5th International Cycle History Conference, Cambridge, 1994
Author(s): edited by Rob van der Plas
Pages: Hardcover, 160 8.5" x 11" pages, 50 b/w illustrations
Price: $ 45.00
      Scholarly yet readable accounts on various aspects of cycling history. Topics include:
      1. Thinking About Thinking About Cycles
      2. Aspects of a Historical Geography of Technology: A Case Study of Cycling 1919-1939
      3. Developing a Methodical Approach to the History & Meaning of Velocipedes, Bicycles, & Tricycles
      4. The Bicycle- An Exercise in Gendered Design
      5. The Edinburgh Tricycle
      6. Diamonds are Forever: The Socio-Technical Shaping of Bicycle Design
      7. New Tubes for Old
      8. The Bamboo Bicycles of Grundner & Lemisch, Austria
      9. The Dancing Chain: One Hundred Years of Derailleur Gears
      10. Touring Bicycle Technical Trilas in France, 1901-1950
      11. Tribology & the Cyclist
      12. Founding of the Dunlop Tyre Company
      13. Colonel Pope & the Founding of the U.S. Bicycle Industry
      14. The Founding of the Hercules Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd.
      15. Peddling the Bicycle & the Development of Mass Marketing
      16. A New View of Late 19th-Century Cycle Publicity Posters
      17. From Cycling Lanes to Compulsory Bike Path: Bicycle Path Construction in Germany, 1897-1940
      18. Cycle or Roller Skating: The Resistable Rise of Personal Mobility
      19. Clubs - Their Part in the Study of Cycle & Cycling History
      20. Malvern Cycling Club, 1883-1912: Social Class, Motivation, & Leisure Use
      21. Little & Often - The Records of the Amateur Bicycle Club
      22. T.H.S. Walker - English Cycling Pioneer in Germany
      23. The Michaux Memorial Campaign
      24. The Hoopdriver Recycle
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         Item #: B1879
TITLE: Proceedings of the 6th International Cycle History Conference, Stellenbosch, 1995
Author(s): edited by Rob van der Plas
Pages: Hardcover, 80 8.5" x 11" pages, 40 b/w illustrations
Price: $ 30.00
      Scholarly yet readable accounts on various aspects of cycling history. Topics include:
      1. Laurens Meintjes & Rudolph Lewis: Pioneers of South African Cycling
      2. The Romance of the Ripley Road - The Most Famous Cycling Highway in the World
      3. Cycling is Good for You
      4. Fifty Years of Development of Simplex Derailleurs
      5. Daniel Rebour - Illustrative Genius of the Bicycle
      6. Front Wheel Drive Concepts - Has the Wheel Gone Full Circle?
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         Item #: B1880
TITLE: Proceedings of the 7th International Cycle History Conference, Buffalo, 1997
Author(s): edited by Rob van der Plas
Pages: Hardcover, 160 8.5" x 11" pages, 80 b/w illustrations
Price: $ 45.00
      Scholarly yet readable accounts on various aspects of cycling history. Topics include:
      1. Dicycling Down the Decades
      2. H. Cadot & His Relevance to Bicycle History
      3. Who Invented the Penny Farthing?
      4. The Origins of Bicycle Racing in England, 1868-1870
      5. Single Sixes in Madison Square Garden
      6. Nick Kaufmann: On a Wheel Against Time
      7. Colonel Albert Pope
      8. A Landscape of Early Bicycle History
      9. Evolution of the Natural Trumpet & Bugle
      10. An Invaluable Refinement
      11. Women & the Wheel
      12. Jo Routens - French Specialist Framebuilder
      13. Derailleur Pulley Resistance
      14. Rear Derailleur Development Since D-Day
      15. Velocipedes in Milan in 1811?
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         Item #: B1881
TITLE: Proceedings of the 8th International Cycle History Conference, Glasgow, 1997
Author(s): edited by Nicholas Oddy & Rob van der Plas
Pages: Hardcover, 160 8.5" x 11" pages, 80 b/w Illustrations
Price: $ 45.00
      Scholarly yet readable accounts on various aspects of cycling history. Topics include:
      1. The Velocipede Craze in Maine
      2. The Quest for Safety: What Took so Long?
      3. Within Living Memory: Tomorrow's History
      4. Who Invented the Mountain Bike?
      5. The Evidence Against "Leonardo's Bicycle"
      6. As if on Horseback
      7. The Scottish School of Cycle Design
      8. The Cycling New Woman
      9. Some Steps in the Long March of the "Bloomer Brigade"
      10. Shimano AX & the Aero Tradition
      11. Huret: A Notable French Derailleur
      12. Out for a Spin: The Flaneur on Wheels
      13. Who Put the Working Man on a Bicycle?
      14. The Social Impact of the Ultimate Technology-Based Sport
      15. Some Facts About the History of Doping in Cycling Competition
      16. The Beginnings of Trans-Atlantic Bicycle Racing
      17. Is it About a Bicycle?
      18. "Piet Pelle op zijn Gazelle"
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         Item #: B2179
TITLE: Proceedings of the 9th International Cycle History Conference, Ottawa, 1998
Author(s): edited by Glen Norcliffe & Rob van der Plas
Pages: Hardcover, 160 8.5" x 11" pages, 80 b/w illustrations
Price: $ 45.00
     
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         Item #: B3047
TITLE: Schwinn
Author(s): Lou Dzierzak (photos by Jeff Hackett)
Pages: 96 8.25" x 9" pages, color photos
Price: $ 14.95
      Author Lou Dzierzak provides the complete story of this legendary bicycle manufacturer. The book traces the rise of Arnold, Schwinn & Company in the first part of the 20th century, its emergence as the world's leading bike maker in the postwar years, its struggle to keep pace with a changing industry in the 70s & 80s, and its tumultuous ride back through several ownership changes as a new century dawned. With dozens of color photographs by Jeff Hackett, this is a stunning celebration of a great American bike.
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         Item #: B1650
TITLE: Schwinn - Columbia Serial Number Book
Author(s): Antique Classic Bicycle News
Pages: 30 8.5" x 11" pages
Price: $ 8.00
      Nothing fancy here, folks. This is just a listing of serial numbers which allows you to date your classic Schwinn or Columbia bicycle. Due to a fire at the Schwinn Company, all records of serial numbers prior to August, 17 1948 were lost.
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         Item #: B1288
TITLE: Schwinn Bicycles
Author(s): Jay Pridmore & Jim Hurd
Pages: 160 10" x 10" pages, 200 color and 50 b/w photos
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      Exhaustively researched & beautifully illustrated from the archives of Chicago's Bicycle Museum of America, this book covers the 100-year history of America's best known bicycle company. In addition to the text, the hundreds of photos show:
      * Founders
      * Bike models through 1996
      * Ads
      * Posters
      * Manufacturing facilities
      * Dealers
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         Item #: B0299
TITLE: Schwinn-Built Bicycles: Super Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933 - World War II
Author(s): James Hurd and T.A. Gordon
Pages: 210 8.5" x 11" pages, photos and illustrations
Price: $ 19.95
      Bicycle sales boomed in the 1890-1900 period, with annual production over a million units. Bikes lost out to the interurban as a means of transportation from 1900-1910, and the automobile took over between 1910 and 1920. Production dropped to 335,000 units annually as bicycles became toys for children and were made cheaper & cheaper until 1933. At this time the Schwinn company began to introduce new models & new features yearly. Their share of the market jumped from 8% in 1932 to 19% in 1941. This book, aimed primarily at collectors, covers the models that enabled Schwinn to dramatically increase its market share. It is compiled from literature that Schwinn made available to its dealers & customers.
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         Item #: B1137
TITLE: The American Bicycle
Author(s): Jay Pridmore & Jim Hurd
Pages: HARDCOVER, 190 10" x 10" pages, 200 color and 50 b/w photos
Price: $ 29.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 23.96
      Tells the full history of bicycle evolution, including:
      * High-wheelers of the late 1800's
      * "Balloon tire" era of the 1940's & 1950's
      * High handlebars & banana seats of the 1960's & 1970's
      * High-tech mountain & racing bikes of today
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         Item #: B3075
TITLE: The Bicycle: Boneshakers, Highwheelers, & Other Celebrated Cycles
Author(s): Gilbert King
Pages: Hardcover, 128 10.5" x 10.5" pages, over 100 color photos
Price: $ 19.98
      The bicycle has pedaled its way through the years to become a modern symbol of sport & simple entertainment. But the two-wheeler hasn't always been as sleek or stylish as the bicycle of today's 21st century. From its invention in the 1850s, the bicycle has undergone numerous evolutions & tune-ups. From ideas that influenced the bicycle permanently to inventions that didn't get too far down the road, The Bicycle takes you on a journey to celebrate the charm & art of antique two-wheekers.
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         Item #: B2543
TITLE: The Big Book of Vintage Bicycle Hubs
Author(s): Vintage Bicycle Club of America
Pages: 162 8.5" x 11" pages, illustrations, comb binding
Price: $ 20.00
      Detailed factory installation & repair procedures for:
      * Bendix
      * Elgin / J.C. Higgins
      * Mattatuck
      * Morrow
      * Musselman
      * New Departure
      * Perry / Komet / Sachs
      * Schwinn Approved
      * Sturmey-Archer
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         Item #: B3084
TITLE: The Crooked Path to Victory: Drugs & Cheating in Professional Bicycle Racinf
Author(s): Les Woodland
Pages: 192 6" x 9" pages, b/w photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      Whether it's in pursuit of the Yellow Jersey (Tour de France) or the Rainbow Jersey (World Championship), bicycle racing has not always been fair play all the way. From the early days on, the sport seems to have attracted more than its share of cheats. In recent years, the use of doping (performance-enhancing drugs), has been getting increased publicity, resulting in a tightening of controls - but also in more lies & denials. This book exposes the many forms of cheating that have been going on over the years, both on the track & on the road. Author Les Woodland manages to present the entire story in a lighthearted way, without glossing over the sadness of events such as some much-publicized deaths (and the many hardly-publicized ones).
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         Item #: B1882
TITLE: The Data Book: 100 Years of Innovation in Bicycle Component & Accessory Design
Pages: Hardcover, 209 7" x 10" pages, hundreds of illustrations
Price: $ 39.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 31.96
      This unusual book is a reprint of an original Japanese publication ('83 The Data Book), by Mr. Nogachi, president of the Joto Ringyo company. It consists almost entirely of illustrations, with very little text. This is the most inclusive compendium of illustrations of technical solutions for bicycle & component designs, gleened from the study of historic European cycling periodicals & manufacturers' catalogues.
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         Item #: B3198
TITLE: The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles
Author(s): Jan Heine & Jean-Pierre Praderes
Pages: 165 9.25" x 11.75" pages, photos, illustrations
Price: $ 60.00
     
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         Item #: B3081
TITLE: The World of BMX
Author(s): J.P. Partland & Tony Donaldson
Pages: 96 8" x 9" pages, color photos
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Since coming on the scene in the late 1960s as a way for Southern California kids to get their after-school kicks, BMX has gone global, spawning a lucrative industry & mutating into several disciplines. This all-color look inside the realm of BMX spells out the sport's origins, equipment & pioneers, and features present-day riders renowned for their racing, dirt jumping, flatland, street & ramp skills.
      In addition to recognizing the foundation laid by old-school icons like Scot Breithaupt, Bob Haro, R.L. & Wendy Osborn, and Rob Smart, this book includes completely dialed commentary & color photos giving play to today's top riders: Goldie Butler, Chad DeGroot, Fuzzy Hall, Matt Hoffman, Van Homan, Martti Kouppa, T.J. Lavin, Taj Mihelich, Dave Mirra, Cory Nastazio, Ryan Nyquist & Dave Osato all appear in one form or another. So, whether your thing's racing at the local track, boning up your ramp chops at an area park, or noodling around your neighborhood streets, there's something in this book for you.
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