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Bike Book Rec's

Always on the lookout for good bike books.

Any you can recommend?

Thanks!


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Permalink Reply by Joe TV on September 23, 2010 at 12:52am
Now reading: Cycling: Philosophy for Everyone.
It's a collection of cycling related essays. Some good, some less so, but I find it worthwhile.
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=safari&rls=en&...

Personal Fave: The Rider - a fictional first person account of a one day "classic" style race.
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=the+rider&cid=17565632...
Permalink Reply by Duppie on September 23, 2010 at 8:27am
My favorite coffee table book would be "The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles: Craftsmanship, Elegance, and ..." by Jan Heine and Jean-Pierre Praderes. Beautifully photographed, it showcases classic French handbuilt bikes by the likes of Rene Herse, Alex Singer and their contemporaries

My favorite commuting skills book is "The Art of Urban Cycling: Lessons from the Street" by Robert Hurst. Lots of discussion on how to navigate today's urban traffic safely and effectively. I think this book should be required reading for every beginning bike commuter.
Permalink Reply by Adam Torres on September 23, 2010 at 9:53am
The writer David Herlihy has two books about the bicycling. On is the history of the bicycle, appropriatly titled 'Bicycle.' His most recent book is called 'The Lost Cyclist.' It's non-fiction, but I'm not too sure what it is about, albeit I have it on reserve at the library!
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on September 23, 2010 at 9:56am
Permalink Reply by Green Machine Cycles on September 23, 2010 at 10:19am
FULL TILT: Ireland to India with a Bicycle
Dervla Murphy

"When Dervla Murphy was ten, she was given a bicycle and an atlas, and within days she was secretly planning a trip to India. At the age of thirty-one, in 1963, she finally set off and this book is based on the daily diary she kept while riding through Persia, Afghanistan and over the Himalayas to Pakistan and India.
A lone woman on a bicycle (with a revolver in her trouser pocket) was an almost unknown occurence and a focus of enormous interest wherever she went. Undaunted by snow in alarming quantites, and using her .25 pistol on starving wolves in Bulgaria and to scare lecherous Kurds in Persia, her resourcefulness and the blind eye she turned to personal danger and extreme discomfort were remarkable."

dervlamurphy.com
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on September 23, 2010 at 10:25am
http://www.amazon.com/Into-Remote-Places-Ian-Hibell/dp/0722145381/r...

Cameron Puetz said:
I've heard good things about "Into the Remote Places" by Ian Hibell, but I've never been able to find a copy.
Permalink Reply by Holly on September 23, 2010 at 10:45am
I am close to finishing French Revolutions written by a travel writer who decides to attempt riding the Tour de France route starting a couple of weeks before the race. Fairly new to cycling, the guy seems insane to undertake a ride that's over 2000 miles with such limited experience on the road. So, he does what anyone in his physical condition would do. He cheats! The book is a funny Brits view of the French. At times, the colloquialisms are a bit obtuse for me, but I still found myself giggling at Moore's wry wit and enjoying his sardonic style. In addition to describing the highs and lows of his own experience on the route, he intermingles Tour history and legendary TDF riders with his own stylishly funny way of writing a travelogue.

http://www.amazon.com/French-Revolutions-Cycling-Tour-France/dp/031...

I'm a regular reader of the blog, Bike Snob NYC. This little book is a witty take on life on two wheels with a brief history of 19th C. bicycling, lots of pop culture references, and a whole lot of hilarious insights about who we are. With his tongue somewhat in cheek, Bike Snob lampoons the pretense of "bike culture," pokes fun of every breed of cyclist, and at the same time, manages to really inspire people to just get out and ride! The illustrations are really nice, too. It'd make a great gift.

http://www.amazon.com/Bike-Snob-Systematically-Mercilessly-Realigni...
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on September 23, 2010 at 11:02am
I'd forgotten about French Revolutions! Tim Moore is hilariously underprepared for what he takes on.

Holly said:
I am close to finishing French Revolutions written by a travel writer who decides to attempt riding the Tour de France route starting a couple of weeks before the race.
Permalink Reply by scott kozicki on September 23, 2010 at 11:43am
"Going to the Sun" by James McManus.
Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on September 23, 2010 at 1:50pm
I was just trying out different podcasts and listened to "The Bike Show" which seems to be a British Radio Show. Anyway, the one I listened to was an episode about book recommendations. They had the editor of http://www.cycling-books.com on.

The site has lots of reviews of bike books...including older ones that might be hard to come by, but sound excellent.
Permalink Reply by Bailey Gene Newbrey on September 23, 2010 at 4:26pm
The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt
Permalink Reply by magomawe on September 23, 2010 at 6:46pm
I second the Dave Herlihy book, "Bicycle". If you're into the history of cycling a few good books include "No Hands" about Schwinn's rise and fall, "The Social History of the Bicycle" about the bike's role in liberating women from the Victorian era, and for pictures of guns strapped to bikes "The Bicycle in Wartime".

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