Bicycle design
Subtitle: an illustrated history
By: Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing ; with contributions from Nick Clayton and Gary W. Sanderson
Contributors: Lessing, Hans-Erhard
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780262026758
Subjects: Design and construction; Bicycles; Parts; History
Description: "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."-- book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-548) and index.
Table of contents: title: Velocipedes and their forerunners; title: Front drive; title: Wire wheels; title: Indirect drive; title: The safety bicycle; title: Comfort; title: Improving transmission; title: Braking; title: Saddles, pedals, and handlebars; title: Lighting; title: Luggage; title: Racing bicycles; title: Military bicycles; title: Mountain bikes; title: Small-wheeled bicycles; title: Recumbent bicycles.