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The Bicycle Reader | Number 1: Summer 2012
Paul Lamarra, Mark Twain, Albert Winstanley, Russ Roca, Alex Baca, Violet Paget, Martin Ryle, Jack Thurston
ASIN: B008LX6SYU
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 71

This is the first issue of the Bicycle Reader, a new collection of quality writing about cycling. Two thoughts inspired us to start this collection. The first is that there is a great deal of brilliant article and essay-length writing about cycling that remains inaccessible to most readers. Some of it languishes out of print.  Other pieces appeared in publications read by only a tiny minority of cyclists.The second is that Kindles and other eBook readers are the natural companion of cyclists. They are light enough to fit unobtrusively in the saddle bag and have a battery life capable of providing reading material on even the most sustained odyssey.In this issue, which runs to 20,000 words, are ten articles written at various moments over the past 130 years, from the very earliest days of the bicycle right up to today. Some are lighthearted, some demand deeper engagement. Mark Twain’s ...
Amazon Rating:
4 stars from 98 ratings