Two Wheels Good - The History and Mystery of the Bicycle (Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023) (Paperback)

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023** 'Full of delightful anecdotes and interviews and fascinating historical tales' Mail on Sunday A panoramic portrait of the wonderous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine. A toy, a tool, a liberator, or complete nuisance: the bicycle has been many things to many people over the decades, yet it endures as the most popular form of transport in the world. How has such a simple machine achieved so much? Combining history, travelogue and memoir, Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous vehicle from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a 'green machine'. Readers meet unforgettable characters: women's suffragists who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas, astronauts who ride a floating bicycle in zero gravity. By examining the bicycle's past and peering into its future, Two Wheels Good forms a joyful ode to an engineering marvel of global importance. 'Funny, precise, surprising' Adam Gopnik 'Love for two-wheeled transport runs through every sentence' Economist 'Wry, rich, deeply researched' Patrick Radden Keefe

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2023
Authors:	Jody Rosen
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-959359-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Impact of science & technology on society Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Inventions & inventors Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Cycling, skateboarding, rollerblading > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > History > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	0-09-959359-9
Barcode:	9780099593591

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