Bicycle Herlihy David V.
Bicycle Herlihy David V. The first comprehensive history of the bicycle--lavishly illustrated with images spanning two centuriesDuring the nineteenth century, the bicycle evoked an exciting new world…
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Bicycle Herlihy David V.
The first comprehensive history of the bicycle--lavishly illustrated with images spanning two centuriesDuring the nineteenth century, the bicycle evoked an exciting new world in which even a poor person could travel afar and at will. In Bicycle: The History (named by Outside magazine as the #1 book on bicycles), David Herlihy recounts the saga of this far-reaching invention and the passions it aroused. But was the "mechanical horse" truly destined to usher in a new era of road travel or would it remain merely a plaything for dandies and schoolboys?
You will not regret it--if you live."Because we live in an age of cross-country bicycle racing and high-tech mountain bikes, we may overlook the The pioneer racer James Moore insisted the bicycle would become "as common as umbrellas." Mark Twain was more skeptical, enjoining his readers to "get a bicycle.