” Directly you are in motion you will feel quite helpless, & experience a sensation of being run away with, & it will seem as if the machine were trying to throw you off” Cycling: The Craze of the Hour is part of ` Found on the Shelves`, published with The London Library. The books in this series have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over 17 miles of shelving & more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners & thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it. ...

” Cycling`s Golden Age” takes us inside the world`s largest collection of cycling memorabilia with an intimate look at one of the sport`s most memorable eras, 1946–1967. From the commanding victories of Fausto Coppi to the rise of Jacques Anquetil, the Horton Collection boasts never-before-published photographs & countless jerseys, trophies, posters, & other artifacts. Cycling historian Owen Mulholland weaves it all together with the tales of each rider, their admirable feats, & the nostalgia of each item in the collection. There is no better way to appreciate the history of a sport than to experience it through a collector`s treasures, with more than 400 cycling artifacts & photos. ...

Welcome to the weird, wonderful & two-wheeled world of cycling. Though this isn`t the usual side of professional cycling the newspapers report. This is the real world of cycling, the strange & twisted nooks & crannies of the sport`s bizarre history! Cycling is nearly two hundred years old. The velocipede invented by Baron Karl von Drais in 1817 started the craze for the two-wheeled machine that has had a renaissance few would have predicted. During those decades, bicycles have thrown up more than their fair share of extraordinary & bizarre stories. Iain Spragg has trawled the bicycle history books to give you the most fascinating collection of stories, from the first bicycle trip across the globe (an Englishman on a penny farthing in 1886, of course), the 1904 Tour de France winner who was disqualified when it emerged he had caught the train, the 1937 Japanese invasion of China spearheaded by 50, 000 bicycle-mounted troops, & the Japanese enthusiast who stayed stationary on a bike for 5 & a half hours in 1965. With stories from amateur & professional cycling, this is a thoroughly entertaining collection of tales for any two-wheeled enthusiast. ...

Extraordinary but true stories from 200 years of cycling history. Part of the bestselling Strangest series, Cycling`s Strangest Tales is a quirky & fascinating collection of stories from cycling`s history. Included are stories of Thomas Stevens, the doughty Englishman who circumnavigated the world on a penny farthing, the 1904 Tour de France winner who was disqualified for catching the train, the 1937 Japanese invasion of China spearheaded by 50, 000 bicycle-mounted troops, & the man who soared over nine circus elephants on an ordinary yellow bike. The stories come from every corner of the cycling world, whether it`s the open road, the velodrome or the BMX track. Brought bang up to date for 2017 with a selection of new stories, Cycling`s Strangest Tales is the perfect gift for anyone who`s in love with life on two wheels. Word count: 45, 000 ...

Companion guide for cyclists & parents of children learning to ride safely. Features include choosing & setting up a new bike, cycle maintenance, accessories as well as a special section on finding & taking the Bikeability course (including full syllabus). Riders are guided through all the key rules of the road & there`s a test yourself quiz section, designed to aid understanding of the key cycling concepts & rules. The ideal companion guide for parents of children learning to ride safely, the Cyclists Highway Code: Essential Rules of the Road introduces cycling to young riders & contains all the relevant rules & signs from the Highway Code. ...

Cyclogeography is an essay about the bicycle in the cultural imagination & a portrait of London seen from the saddle. Informed by his years spent as a bicycle courier, Jon Day reflects on the way bicycles connect people with places. Parasitic on the city, couriers have an intimate knowledge of London, & for those who survive the grinding toughness of the job the bicycle can become the only thing holding them together. ...

The world of cycling is a veritable treasure trove ready to be plundered & in ” Cyclopedia, ” renowned two-wheeled aficionado, William Fotheringham, delves deep to unearth some 24-carat bike booty. This essential book is a miscellany of facts, figures, interesting snippets & quirky characters from the world of cycling. It tells you everything you could ever want to know about the bicycle from the history of the Tour de France to Chris Hoy`s dominance of the Beijing Velodrome via the origins of the ubiquitous quick release system & the diet that powered Graeme Obree to the world hour record
- marmalade & cornflakes. ” Cyclopedia” has all the gear, the equipment, the races, the chases, the faces, the places, the drugs, the sex & the scandals to convert any amateur cyclist into a fully-fledged BMX bandit.
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This unusual book is a celebration of our most wonderful invention, a machine which, like no other, magnifies the power of our bodies & carries us, in all senses, to places new. This is a book of big ideas & fascinating information. It is also a guide to the latest creative design & technology from around the world. Cycling brings different pleasures to different people. Whatever your cycling interests -- commuting, touring, racing, family outings, carrying loads, having fun, or just heading off onto the open road -- you will discover a world of pedal-powered wonders in Cyclorama. ...

Cyclosportives, or long-distance cycle rides, are growing in popularity all over the world. From the Etape du Tour
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Kamin Mohammadi was nine years old when her family fled Iran during the 1979 Revolution. Bewildered by the seismic changes in her homel&, she turned her back on the past & spent her teenage years trying to fit in with British attitudes to family, food & freedom. She was twenty-seven before she returned to Iran, drawn inexorably back by memories of her grandmother`s house in Abadan, with its traditional inner courtyard, its noisy gatherings & its very walls steeped in history. The Cypress Tree is Kamin`s account of her journey home, to rediscover her Iranian self & to discover for the first time the story of her family: a sprawling clan that sprang from humble roots to bloom during the affluent, Biba-clad 1960s, only to be shaken by the horrors of the Iran-Iraq War & the heartbreak of exile, & toughened by the struggle for democracy that continues today. This moving & passionate memoir is a love letter both to Kamin`s extraordinary family & to Iran itself, an ancient country which has survived so much modern tumult but where joy & resilience will always triumph over despair. ...