Bicycle Commuter's Pocket Guide

Author: Robert Hurst
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762756284
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 39

Book Description
As sensible as it may seem in an era when fuel prices are skyrocketing in tandem with environmental consciousness, a switch to bicycle commuting doesn’t necessarily happen overnight. Certain questions arise: Do I really need that $1,500 bike? Are Lycra shorts necessary? What about traffic rules? What to do when a tire blows? In The Bicycle Commuter’s Pocket Guide, veteran cyclist, bike commuter, professional messenger, and author Robert Hurst gives you all the answers you need for worry-free riding. The ultimate, practical miniguide to tips, tricks, technique, and gear Compact and user-friendly For riding to work, to the grocery store, or just around town Color photos and illustrations—plus a popout® map!

Bikenomics

Author: Elly Blue
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
ISBN: 1621069435
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Bikenomics provides a surprising and compelling new perspective on the way we get around and on how we spend our money, as families and as a society. The book starts with a look at Americans' real transportation costs, and moves on to examine the current civic costs of our transportation system. Blue tells the stories of people, businesses, organizations, and cities who are investing in two-wheeled transportation. The multifaceted North American bicycle movement is revealed, with its contradictions, challenges, successes, and visions.

Sloane's Complete Book of All-terrain Bicycles

Author: Eugene A. Sloane
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671675877
Category : All terrain bicycles
Languages : en
Pages : 390

Book Description
This book contains more than 300 photographs and 75 detailed drawings illustrating everything from helmets to handlebars and brake maintenance to off-road racing.

The Complete Book of Bicycling

Author: Eugene A. Sloane
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 554

Book Description
" ... revised and updated to include all-terrain bikes, bicycle safety, fitness and your bicycle ..."--Cover.

Pocket Guide to Transportation

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 58

Book Description

The Pocket Guide for Students

Author: Vanessa Parson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198865236
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332

Book Description
Unsure of what to expect from your university experience? This is the ideal guide for anyone about to embark (or currently enrolled) on a degree. Written in a reassuring, lively manner, this book is packed with advice on academic and non-academic issues including finance, study, housing, relationships, and more.

Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition

Author: National Association of City Transportation Officials
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610915658
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
NACTO's Urban Bikeway Design Guide quickly emerged as the preeminent resource for designing safe, protected bikeways in cities across the United States. It has been completely re-designed with an even more accessible layout. The Guide offers updated graphic profiles for all of its bicycle facilities, a subsection on bicycle boulevard planning and design, and a survey of materials used for green color in bikeways. The Guide continues to build upon the fast-changing state of the practice at the local level. It responds to and accelerates innovative street design and practice around the nation.

The Bicycle Commuting Book

Author: Rob Van der Plas
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance

Author: Lennard Zinn
Publisher: VeloPress
ISBN: 9781934030424
Category : SPORTS & RECREATION
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
From shifters to derailleurs, pedals to handlebars, this book covers every component of a road bike, lists the tools bike owners need to tackle simple and advanced projects, and demonstrates with 295 detailed illustrations how to work on each part.

Just Ride

Author: Grant Petersen
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 0761171274
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
“No matter what or how you ride, read this book and remind yourself just how enjoyable cycling can and should be.”—Eben Weiss, author of The Enlightened Cyclist Just Ride is a revelation. Forget the ultralight, uncomfortable bikes, flashy jerseys, clunky shoes that clip onto tiny pedals, the grinding out of endless miles. Instead, ride like you did when you were a kid—just get on your bike and discover the pure joy of riding it. A reformed racer who’s commuted by bike every day since 1980, whose writings and opinions appear in major bicycling and outdoor magazines, and whose company, Rivendell Bicycle Works, makes bikes for riders ready to opt out of a culture overrun by racing, Grant Petersen shares a lifetime of unexpected facts, controversial opinions, expert techniques, and his own maverick philosophy. In 87 short, two-to-three page chapters, it covers: Riding: Count Days, Not Miles; Corner Like Jackie Robinson; Steer with Your Hips, Shift with Your Legs Suiting Up: The Shoes Ruse; Ponchos—the Ultimate Unracer’s Garment Safety: #1 Rule—Be Seen; Helmets Aren’t All They’re Cracked Up to Be Health and Fitness: Why Riding Is Lousy All-Around Exercise; Saddles Don’t Cause Impotence; Drink When You’re Thirsty—Not Before Also includes chapters on Accessories, Upkeep, and Technicalities, and a final chapter titled “Velosophy” that includes the essential, memorable thought: Your Bike Is a Toy—Have Fun with It. Winner Silver Medal 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards