ISBN10: 0300120478, ISBN13: 9780300120479, [publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven] Softcover Paperback. The first comprehensive history of the bicyclelavishly illustrated with images spanning two centuries During the nineteenth century, the bicycle evoked an exciting new world in which even a poor person could travel afar and at will. 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? 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. 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. You will not regret itif you live. Because we live in an age of cross-country bicycle racing and high-tech mountain bikes, we may overlook the decades of development and ingenuity that transformed the basic concept of human-powered transportation into a marvel of engineering. This lively and engrossing history retraces the extraordinary story of the bicyclea history of disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. Herlihy shows us why the bicycle captured the publics imagination and the myriad ways in which it reshaped our world. Presents the history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. This ...
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ISBN10: 0300120478, ISBN13: 9780300120479, [publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven] Softcover Paperback. The first comprehensive history of the bicyclelavishly illustrated with images spanning two centuries During the nineteenth century, the bicycle evoked an exciting new world in which even a poor person could travel afar and at will. 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? 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. 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. You will not regret itif you live. Because we live in an age of cross-country bicycle racing and high-tech mountain bikes, we may overlook the decades of development and ingenuity that transformed the basic concept of human-powered transportation into a marvel of engineering. This lively and engrossing history retraces the extraordinary story of the bicyclea history of disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. Herlihy shows us why the bicycle captured the publics imagination and the myriad ways in which it reshaped our world. Presents the history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. This ...
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