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With cities across the country adding miles of bike lanes and building bike-share stations, bicycling is enjoying a new surge of popularity in America. It seems that every generation or two, Americans rediscover the freedom of movement, convenience, and relative affordability of the bicycle. The earliest two-wheeler, the draisine, arrived in Philadelphia in 1819 and astonished onlookers with the possibility of propelling themselves "like lightning."...
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Das Fahrradpendler-ABC
Auto, ÖPNV oder Fahrrad – wie kommen Pendler morgens zur Arbeit? Rund vier Millionen Menschen in Deutschland beantworten diese Frage mit: Am liebsten mit dem Fahrrad! Was für die Dänen und Niederländer mit ihrem gut ausgebauten Radwegenetz schon selbstverständlich ist, setzt sich auch bei uns immer mehr durch. Und das aus guten Gründen: E-Bike oder Fahrrad fahren ist umweltfreundlich, gesund und auf Strecken bis fünf...
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As the world grapples with the escalating challenges of climate change and environmental degradation, the transportation sector has emerged as a critical battleground for sustainability. Gasoline-powered vehicles, a mainstay of modern transportation, contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, posing a major threat to the planet's well-being.In the face of these pressing concerns, electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged as...
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After Laura Everett's car died on the highway one rainy night, she made the utterly practical decision to start riding her bicycle to work through the streets of Boston. Seven years later, she's never looked back.
Holy Spokes tells the story of Everett's unlikely conversion to urban cycling. As she pedaled her way into a new way of life, Everett discovered that her year-round bicycle commuting wasn't just benefiting her body, her wallet, and her...
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Cycling is exploding in a good way. Urbanites everywhere, from ironic hipsters to earth-conscious commuters, are taking to the bike like aquatic mammals to water. BikeSnobNYC-cycling's most prolific, well-known, hilarious, and anonymous blogger-brings a fresh and humorous perspective to the most important vehicle to hit personal transportation since the horse. Bike Snob treats readers to a laugh-out-loud rant and rave about the world of bikes and...
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Pedal Power is a nonfiction picture book about the women and children who led the social movement that made Amsterdam the most bike-friendly city in the world!
Cycling rules the road in Amsterdam today, but that wasn't always the case. In the 1970's, Amsterdam was so crowded with vehicles that bicyclists could hardly move, but moms and kids relied on their bicycles to get around the city.
PEDAL POWER is the story of the people who led protests...
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Two experts offer this comprehensive guide to modern-day bicycling.
No bicycle repair was ever made easier by turning your bike upside down. White shorts are for other people. A helmet perched on the back of your head is perfect if you ride your bike backwards-These and a host of other handy pointers jostle for attention within this A to Z guide to being a cyclist. It's an essential manual and source of wisdom for those who would be kings of the...
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Vote 'Heath' for Australian of the Year 2024: Twelve Reasons to Change Your Thinking is a satirical work. I don't take myself seriously in it, but I do take the cause of road safety seriously. Credit for most of the ideas contained in the following twelve minimals is owed primarily to the road safety pioneers and advocates who precede me and from whom I have learned so much.
I became an advocate for better streets and safer roads in Australia...
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Riding More with Less is the bike repair manual for everyone else.
Pulling away from the obsolescence and disposability so often implied within consumer economies, the book surveys experienced community bike shop mechanics worldwide to identify the best and safest repair solutions when new parts are not an option. For those already familiar with the finer arts of bicycle preservation, Riding More with Less aligns the most useful technical references...
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Like all boys growing up in Rome during the 1930s and 1940s, the author was expected to join the Balilla-Italy's fascist Youth Organization. With political divisions running deep in the families within his palazzo, he and his motley group of friends were recruited into the underground Resistance. Racing around Rome on bicycles, they smuggled messages and weapons for the partisans. Later, the author fled to the Italian countryside and narrowly avoided...
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The author of Bike Snob helps bike commuters transcend common obstacles and handle cars, pedestrians, and other cyclists with grace.
The joys of commuting by bike attract scores of new converts every year. But, as fresh-faced cyclists fill the roads, they also encounter their share of frustrations-careless drivers, wide-flung car doors, zoned-out pedestrians, and aggressive fellow cyclists, to name a few.
In this follow-up to Bike Snob, BikeSnobNYC...
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The doyen of bike etiquette leaves NYC behind to experience a strange new world of cycling-through London, Amsterdam, and beyond.
What does it really mean to be a bike-friendly country? BikeSnobNYC decided to find out for himself. With his toddler son in tow, he heads to London, Amsterdam, Gothenburg, and San Vito dei Normanni in search of the ultimate bike culture.
With humorous anecdotes and his trademark wit and wisdom, BikeSnobNYC takes us on...
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Urban Revolutions is a different kind of cycling book. Author Emilie Bahr draws on her own experience as an everyday cyclist and a transportation planner in New Orleans to demystify urban bicycling in this visually-compelling and fun-to-read field guide. What does it mean for a city to be bike-friendly? What makes bicycling a women's issue? What does it take to feel safe on a bike? How do you bike to work in the summer and still look professional?...