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Framing Production: Technology, Culture, and Change in the British Bicycle In…
The production of bicycles in Britain and the United States recently suffered severe setbacks. The renowned American Schwinn brand was downgraded to the mass market by its new owners following bankruptcy, and Britain's Raleigh came close to closure because of high debts and poor returns, saved only by a last-minute management buyout. In both cases, market share and credibility were lost to newe…
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- 9780262282550
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- 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) :illustrations.
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Bicycle transportation :a handbook for cycling transportation engineers
Revised edition of: Cycling transportation engineering. 1977.This new edition of John Forester's handbook for transportation policy makers and bicycling advocates has been completely rewritten to reflect changes of the last decade. It includes new chapters on European bikeway engineering, city planning, integration with mass transit and long-distance carriers, "traffic calming," and the art of …
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- 2nd ed.
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- 9780262310666
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- 1 online resource (xi, 346 pages) :illustrations
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Effective cycling
Includes index.Effective Cycling is an essential handbook for cyclists from beginner to expert, whether daily commuters or weekend pleasure trippers. This thoroughly updated seventh edition offers cyclists the information they need for riding a bicycle under all conditions: on congested city streets or winding mountain roads, day or night, rain or shine. It describes the sheer physical joy of c…
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- 7th ed.
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- 9780262301480
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- 1 online resource (xxii, 802 pages) :illustrations
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Cycling for sustainable cities
"A guide to all things cycling: present and future, local and global"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262362929
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- 1 online resource.
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Bicycling science
"A new, updated edition of a popular book on the history, science, and engineering of bicycles. The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This new edition of the bible of bicycle enthusiasts provides just about everything you could want to know about the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go fas…
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- Fourth edition.
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- 0262357534
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- 1 online resource.
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Bicycling science
Revised edition of: Bicycling science / Frank Rowland Whitt. 2nd ed. c1982.The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This new edition of the bible of bicycle builders and bicyclists provides just about everything you could want to know about the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go faster, and …
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- 3rd ed.
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- 0262310686
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- 1 online resource (viii, 477 pages) :illustrations
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Bikes and Bloomers Victorian Women Inventors and their Extraordinary Cycle Wear
The bicycle in Victorian Britain is often celebrated as a vehicle of women's liberation. But much less is known about another critical technology with which women forged new and mobile public lives – cycle wear. Despite its benefits, cycling was a material and ideological minefield for women. Conventional fashions were vastly inappropriate, with skirts catching in wheels and tangling in pedal…
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