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The Cyclist's Manifesto makes the most powerful case to date for a simple fact: America can no longer afford to ignore the bicycle as a tool for serious transportation. Robert Hurst takes off his gloves to lay out the case in favor of the bicycle as today's superior mode of transport—and to voice...

This book covers several topics including: - The Fitness Benefits of Biking - Types of Bikes - The Best Bikes - Tips for Choosing a Bike - Where to Bike - Biking with the Family and so much more! Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Equal parts historical document, confessional memoir and social critique, this book tells the story of “Sunroot Gardens,” a bicycle-based urban farming operation that the author founded and cultivated in Portland, Oregon, in the early 2000’s. Made famous by the local media—including the Willamette...

"Bicycling for Ladies" constitutes a comprehensive instruction manual originally designed specially for women. It includes advice for beginners, information on training, an exposition of mechanics, and chapters on etiquette, technique, possible dangers, appropriate attire, and much more. Although...

Best Bike Rides Long Island describes 40 of the greatest recreational rides in the Long Island area. Road rides, rail rides, bike paths, and single-track mountain bike rides all get included. Most rides are in the 5- to 35- mile range, allowing for great afternoon outings and family adventures (though...

Pocket Mountain Bike Maintenance provides mountain bike enthusiasts with step-by-step guidance to maintaining and repairing their bikes, combining an easy-to-use format and design with high quality photographs of the latest equipment.The book guides the reader through most common problem that may...

Segundo número de este libro recopilatorio de narraciones ciclistas que pretende ofrecer textos de calidad redactados cada año por periodistas, escritores/as, deportistas que si tienen algo en común, es su pasión por el ciclismo y las letras.  Llega el vol. 2 de la colección El Afilador, tras...

Where else can mountain bikers complement a day's bike ride with a dizzying glissade down a mid-August snowfield? Where else can they descend nearly 40 miles through five biogeographical zones? Where else can they catch a major league game and be ripping along rocky singletrack 30 minutes later? Colorado,...

13 maggio 1909, 2.53 del mattino. Milano è illuminata a festa. Sul rondò di piazzale Loreto gremito di persone i ciclisti si preparano ad affrontare i 400 chilometri di strade fangose e dissestate che li separano da Bologna. Il primo Giro d’Italia sta per avere inizio. Dopo oltre un secolo, oggi,...

Alfredo Martini, “grande vecchio” del ciclismo italiano,compie 93 anni il prossimo 18 febbraio 2014. Una vita passata in bicicletta, per la bicicletta. Ma che alla bicicletta non si è mai fermata. Corridore professionista nell’epoca d’oro di Coppi,Bartali e Magni e poi, dal 1975, per oltre...

The author reports on his livelong involvement with motorcycles. At first and immediately after WWII in Germany, motorcycles and their smaller cousins mopeds were necessary means of transportation. Beginning in the late sixties and due to increasing living standards for many, motorcycles gave way...

Un homme orgueilleux, spectateur hasardeux d'un triathlon, décide d'y participer l'année suivante sans mesurer pleinement les conséquences de son défi. Il devra réussir à concilier ses entrainements avec sa vie familiale.   A travers ce roman, l'auteur met en exergue de manière critique l'envers du décor d'une préparation d'un triathlon longue distance.

In the auto world, one of the most sought-after events are classic car shows. This is usually one of those events where you can find lots of car lovers, aficionados, followers, and simple car enthusiasts. And because classic car shows are events where various kinds of people can simply stare, gawk,...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 25th volume I will be taking a tourist bus from Haast down to Queenstown, as I surrender to a painful knee issue. In the capitol city I painted the town pink with a gang of backpackers, packed my bike and...