num_pages: 333
description: From the back cover:Richly illustrated entertaining and packed with fascinating detail this is a sparkling celebration of the bicycle in all its forms and fashions. The authors have brought their immense enthusiasm and experience to bear on every aspect; the social and technical evolution of cycling the dramatic complexities of cycle sport the modern bicycle revival. There are behind-the-scenes visits to the cycle industry and many practical insights into buying assembling maintaining and riding a bicycle. Above all this is a book about the aesthetic and technical beauty of a mechanical contraption that is one of the simplest and most perfect (and harmless) that the human mind has devised.
language: English
title: The Penguin Book of the Bicycle
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd