Berto, Frank J.
Summary: "Unlike other bicycle history books, which cover only the first 100 years, this book deals extensively with the second century of bicycle development. It traces the development of the modern derailleur bicycle from its crude beginnings right up to the most modern mountain bikes and road racing bicycles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Van der Plas Publications/Cycle Pub. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.2272 BERFotheringham, William.
Summary: "This essential book is an A to Z compendium of everything you could ever want to know about the bicycle, from the history of the Tour de France to Chris Hoy's dominance of the Beijing velodrome, from the origins of the quick-release system to the diet that powered Graeme Obree to the world hour record, from Lance Armstrong's fabled career to the slang words used for performance-enhancing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 FOTLonghurst, James
Summary: Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst, a historian and avid cyclist, tackles that question by tracing the contentious debates between American bike riders, motorists, and pedestrians over the shared road.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: Provides information on how to choose the right bike, instructions for regular care, proper installation of the newest 10- and 11-speed chains, and torque specifications for tightening delicate parts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 ZinnRosen, Jody
Summary: "The bicycle is a vestige of the Victorian era, seemingly out of pace with our age of smartphones and ridesharing apps and driverless cars. Yet we live on a bicycle planet. Across the world, more people travel by bicycle than by any other form of transportation. Almost anyone can learn to ride a bike-and nearly everyone does. In Two Wheels Good, writer and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.227 ROSHerlihy, David V.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 HerlihySloane, Eugene A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 SLOVan der Plas, Rob
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Publisher / Publication Date: Van der Plas 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 van der PlasCossins, Peter
Summary: The first Tour de France was a far cry from the polished international sporting event we see on television today. Organized by the financially free falling L'Auto magazine, the desperate editors thought that organizing a grand cycling tour was the only thing that could save their publication. But in 1903, cyclists weren't enthusiastic about what was pitched to them as a heroic race through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 COSLabrecque, Ellen.
Summary: "High interest book for reluctant readers containing action packed photos and stories of the hottest BMX bicycles and races for kids, discussing which bikes qualify, how they are built and raced, who the best drivers are, what to look for in a bike, safety, good sportsmanship, and how racing activities can be a good part of family life"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2010
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Summary: A look at the history of human transportation, from the invention of the wheel through the era of horsepower, trains, and bicycles, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 388 STAWarmbrunn, Erika.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.104 WARDobkin, Adin
Summary: "On June 29, 1919, one day after the Treaty of Versailles brought about the end of World War I, nearly seventy cyclists embarked on the thirteenth Tour de France. From Paris, the war-weary men rode down the western coast on a race that would trace the country's border, through seaside towns and mountains to the ghostly western front. Traversing a cratered postwar landscape, the cyclists faced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.62 DOBWilson, Libby
Summary: "Talks about the history and sexism of the sport cycling. It goes from the invention of bikes to present day, mentioning trailblazing women athletes in cycling"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.6 WILBuckley, James
Summary: Presents the lives and accomplishments of the Wright brothers, high school dropouts from Dayton, Ohio, who started out repairing bicycles and went on to build and fly the first successful airplane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Pengion Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BUCCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET WRIGHTIgnotofsky, Rachel
Summary: "With warm and heart-fluttering illustrations, discover the next nonfiction picture book about butterflies and moths from the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J595.78 IGNDavid, Jack
Summary: "Photographs of amazing feats accompany engaging information about BMX racing. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended to engage readers in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bellwether Media 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.62 DAVDykman, Sara
Summary: "Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration--a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets. In Bicycling with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press, Inc. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 595.789 DYKCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 595.789 DYKCain, Patrick G.
Contents: What is BNX vert? -- BMX vert begins -- The gear and the stunts -- Becoming a champion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Company 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.622 CAIStartt, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 796.62 STAHickman, Pamela
Summary: "An introduction to seasonal changes in nature, young readers will learn about the six animals that all share the same habitat of an oak tree. Throughout the seasons, readers see how the oak tree -- and its animal inhabitants -- change and adapt as the weather turns colder and then warmer. In a parallel story, told only in the art, readers will discover that the family living on the property...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2021