It's All About the Bike

It's All About the Bike

Author: Robert Penn

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2011-04-26

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1608195767

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Robert Penn has saddled up nearly every day of his adult life. In his late twenties, he pedaled 25,000 miles around the world. Today he rides to get to work, sometimes for work, to bathe in air and sunshine, to travel, to go shopping, to stay sane, and to skip bath time with his kids. He's no Sunday pedal pusher. So when the time came for a new bike, he decided to pull out all the stops. He would build his dream bike, the bike he would ride for the rest of his life; a customized machine that reflects the joy of cycling. It's All About the Bike follows Penn's journey, but this book is more than the story of his hunt for two-wheel perfection. En route, Penn brilliantly explores the culture, science, and history of the bicycle. From artisanal frame shops in the United Kingdom to California, where he finds the perfect wheels, via Portland, Milan, and points in between, his trek follows the serpentine path of our love affair with cycling. It explains why we ride. It's All About the Bike is, like Penn's dream bike, a tale greater than the sum of its parts. An enthusiastic and charming tour guide, Penn uses each component of the bike as a starting point for illuminating excursions into the rich history of cycling. Just like a long ride on a lovely day, It's All About the Bike is pure joy- enriching, exhilarating, and unforgettable.


The Happy Bicycle

The Happy Bicycle

Author: Kathy McGee

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2014-09-01

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1607058278

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Add stylish flare to your bicycle with these 15 fashionable—and durable—sewing projects. For cyclists who want to take their style into high gear, The Happy Bicycle, by Kathy McGee of Hemma Designs, comprises a collection of 15 bicycle accessories that are functional and fun. Irresistibly charming, this book offers full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions for helmet covers, totes, embellished bells, baskets, and more. After all, shouldn't a bike look as good as it rides? “An astounding variety of DIY goodies to spruce up our two-wheelers. There's a great mix of functional and fun, practical and pretty to get us pimping our rides in no time!”—Generation Q Magazine


The Green Bicycle

The Green Bicycle

Author: Haifaa Al Mansour

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-09-22

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0698183487

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In the vein of Year of the Dog and The Higher Power of Lucky, this Middle Eastern coming-of-age story is told with warmth, spirit, and a mischievous sense of humor Spunky eleven-year-old Wadjda lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with her parents. She desperately wants a bicycle so that she can race her friend Abdullah, even though it is considered improper for girls to ride bikes. Wadjda earns money for her dream bike by selling homemade bracelets and mixtapes of banned music to her classmates. But after she's caught, she’s forced to turn over a new leaf (sort of), or risk expulsion from school. Still, Wadjda keeps scheming, and with the bicycle so closely in her sights, she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. Set against the shifting social attitudes of the Middle East, The Green Bicycle explores gender roles, conformity, and the importance of family, all with wit and irresistible heart.


Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair

Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair

Author: C. Calvin Jones

Publisher: Park Tool

Published: 2019-04-24

Total Pages: 654

ISBN-13:

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The BBB-4 Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair by Calvin Jones is packed with easy-to-follow, step-by-step procedures, color photos and repair tips for keeping almost any road or off-road bike running smoothly and trouble-free. Whether it's repairing a flat tire, adjusting brakes and shifting systems, truing wheels, or maintaining hub, headset and bottom bracket bearing systems, the BBB-4 has you covered. Thoroughly researched and revised, the 4th edition of the Big Blue Book contains updated photos, torque specifications and troubleshooting tables, along with new content on wheel building, electronic shifting, 12-speed and 1X drivetrains, tubeless tires, disc brakes, headset and bottom bracket standards, and more. Truly an indispensable tool and reference source for both the novice and advanced bicycle mechanic.


Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle

Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle

Author: Chris Raschka

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade

Published: 2013-04-09

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0375870075

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“[Raschka's] marvelous sequences, fluid style, and emotional intelligence capture all of the momentum and exhilaration of this glorious accomplishment,” raves School Library Journal in a starred review. Learning to ride a bike is one of the most important milestones of childhood, and no one captures the emotional ups and downs of the experience better than Chris Raschka, who won the 2012 Caldecott Medal for A Ball for Daisy. In this simple yet emotionally rich "guide," a father takes his daughter through all the steps in the process—from choosing the perfect bicycle to that triumphant first successful ride. Using very few words and lots of expressive pictures, here is a picture book that not only shows kids how to learn to ride, but captures what it feels like to fall . . . get up . . . fall again . . . and finally "by luck, grace, and determination" ride a bicycle!


The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle

The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle

Author: Christina Uss

Publisher: Holiday House

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0823441083

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A determined 12-year-old girl bikes across the country in this quirky and charming debut middle grade novel. Introverted Bicycle has lived most of her life at the Mostly Silent Monastery in Washington, D.C. When her guardian, Sister Wanda, announces that Bicycle is going to attend a camp where she will learn to make friends, Bicycle says no way and sets off on her bike for San Francisco to meet her idol, a famous cyclist, certain he will be her first true friend. Who knew that a ghost would haunt her handlebars and that she would have to contend with bike-hating dogs, a bike-loving horse, bike-crushing pigs, and a mysterious lady dressed in black. Over the uphills and downhills of her journey, Bicycle discovers that friends are not such a bad thing to have after all, and that a dozen cookies really can solve most problems.


Bicycle Design

Bicycle Design

Author: Mike Burrows

Publisher: Snowbooks Cycling

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781905005680

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Mike Burrows is a legend and this is the long awaited masterwork - revised and updated in this new edition - from the world's most famous and irreverent bicycle designer and inventor.


The Magic Bicycle

The Magic Bicycle

Author: John Bibee

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 1983-05-04

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780877843481

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The Spirit Flyer, a rusty old bicycle found in the city dump, surprises its new owner, John Kramar, when it magically lives up to its name, introducing John to an unknown world and changing his life for good.


Brian Blomerth's Bicycle Day

Brian Blomerth's Bicycle Day

Author: Brian Blomerth

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781944860240

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An illustrated, deep dive into Albert Hofmann's infamous "Bicycle Day" from Brian Blomerth.