Bicycle design : an illustrated history

"The bicycle ranks as one of the most enduring, most widely used vehicles in the world, with more than a billion produced during almost two hundred years of cycling history. This book offers an authoritative and comprehensive account of the bicycle's technical and historical evolution, fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Hadland, Tony (Author), Lessing, Hans-Erhard (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Subjects
Bicycles > Design and construction > History.
Bicycles > Parts > History.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262322218
9780262026758
9781306550406
Physical Description1 online zdroj

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Table of Contents:
  • Velocipedes and their forerunners
  • Front drive
  • Wire wheels
  • Indirect drive
  • The safety bicycle
  • Comfort
  • Improving transmission
  • Braking
  • Saddles, pedals, and handlebars
  • Lighting
  • Luggage
  • Racing bicycles
  • Military bicycles
  • Mountain bikes
  • Small-wheeled bicycles
  • Recumbent bicycles.

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