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Bicycle: The History (Paperback, New Ed)
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Bicycle: The History (Paperback, New Ed)
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The first comprehensive history of the bicycle-lavishly illustrated
with images spanning two centuries During the nineteenth century,
the bicycle evoked an exciting new world in which even a poor
person could travel afar and at will. But was the "mechanical
horse" truly destined to usher in a new era of road travel or would
it remain merely a plaything for dandies and schoolboys? In
Bicycle: The History (named by Outside magazine as the #1 book on
bicycles), David Herlihy recounts the saga of this far-reaching
invention and the passions it aroused. The pioneer racer James
Moore insisted the bicycle would become "as common as umbrellas."
Mark Twain was more skeptical, enjoining his readers to "get a
bicycle. You will not regret it-if you live." Because we live in an
age of cross-country bicycle racing and high-tech mountain bikes,
we may overlook the decades of development and ingenuity that
transformed the basic concept of human-powered transportation into
a marvel of engineering. This lively and engrossing history
retraces the extraordinary story of the bicycle-a history of
disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities.
Herlihy shows us why the bicycle captured the public's imagination
and the myriad ways in which it reshaped our world.
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