cycle culture

Author	Title	Date	Abstract
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	Bicycle - The Noblest Invention	2003	An unusually shaped cornucopia of pictures and essays about every aspect of bicycling that contains enough to inspire the neophyte and provide interest for those steeped in cycle culture
Daniel Behrman	The Man Who Loved Bicycles	1973	A series of essays an recolections about life and the culture of cycling as a form of transport by a perceptive US writer, living in France in the early 1970s
David Byrne	Bicycle Diaries	2009	A collection of reflections on cycling in cities, including Berlin, Istanbul, London and New York that contains interesting points amid a level of slight detail that will frustrate all but die-hard fans
Philip Diprose (ed)	The Ride issue one, ed	2008	An entertaining anthology of short pieces of writing and collections of photographs or other graphic images from all kinds of cyclists
Paul Fournel	Need For The Bike	2003	A selection of 500 - 800 word reflections on the author's passion for pedalling that forms a poetic and magical journey in to the heart of a cyclist
Jan Heine and Jean-Pierre Praderes	The Golden Age Of Handbuilt Bicycles	2009	A sumptuous photographic history of French touring bicycles manufactured between 1930 and 1950 that recounts a little-known period of cycling history and celebrates two-wheeled engineering at its most delightful
Tim Hilton	One More Kilometer And We Are In The Showers	2004	A collection of memories, autobiography and lists by a talented writer who provides a treat for anyone who has been touched by cycling culture
Frank Patterson	The Frank Patterson Picture Book	1978	A collection of 130 of the black-and-white line illustrations of Britain's most celebrated cycling draughtsmen - originally published in the CTC magazine from 1925 until Patterson's death in 1952
Jay Pridmore	Classic American Bicycles	1999	A quick spin through the history of US cycle manufacture, lavishly illustrated in colour
Matt Seaton	The Escape Artist	2002	Autobiography on two wheels including genuine tragedy and highly perceptive observations
Warrington Cycle Campaign	Crap Cycle Lanes	2007	A stocking-filler book cataloguing the failings of UK cycle-lane construction
Charlie Woods	Bikie	2001	An enjoyable memoir of racing cycling in west London in the 1950s, with some perceptive essays on more recent cycle culture