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 almo st two hundred years of cycling history. This book offers an authoritative and comprehensive account of the bicycles technical and historical evolution, from the earliest velocipedes (invented to fill the need for horseless transport during a shortage of oats) to modern racing bikes, mountain bikes, and recumbents. It traces the bicycles development in terms of materials, ergonomics, and veh icle physic...[Leer más]