master index

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
	Bicycling 1874 A Textbook For Early Riders	1874 - republished 1970	The manual for which WE Gladstone might have reached had he wished to apply pedaled propulsion to his premiership
	The Kuklos Annual	1954, 1955 and 1956	A workaday compendium of annually updated information sold under the imprimatur of an estimable cycling writer
	The National Cycle Collection		An enthusiast-run museum in Llandrindo Wells, mid-Wales, that is overflowing with fascinating exhibits
	The Ultimate Cycle Route Planner	2009	A map of the UK showing cycling routes at a scale that would work for route-planning and tour selection
	TV adverts featuring cycling
Aardman animation	The Peculiar Adventures Of Hector	2007	A stunning piece of animated story telling deployed as a children's road safety campaign
Samuel Abt	Breakaway	1985	The 1984 Tour de France recounted in reportage style by one of cycling's best most meticulous observers
Frederick Alderson	England By Bicycle	1974	A description of a circumnavigation completed in the Spring of 1973 that while old fashioned in its scheme is surprisingly undated
William C Anderson	The Great Bicycle Expedition	1973	The light-hearted account of a journey made by a new-to-cycling couple in their fifties and their young adult children from Copenhagen to Calais in the summer of 1972
Guy Andrews	Road Bike Maintainance	2007	An excellent guide to maintaining racing bicycles of recent vintage
James Arnold	The Joyous Wheel	1940	A cycle-tourist's pen portraits of his excursions about rural Britain in the last glimmers of the pre-world war two sun
Lance Armstrong	Its Not About The Bike	2000	A massively successful account of Armstrong's life up to his first Tour victory that is as skilfully tailored to the cancer community and general market, as it is unsatisfying to a cycle enthusiast
Lance Armstrong and Elizabeth Kreutz	My Comeback	2009	A photographic record of Armstrong's 2009 season, that provides a more compelling portrait of the Texan than any of his biographies
dir John Badham	American Flyers (film)	1985	An affecting tale of two brothers' complicated relationship with each other, and cycle racing, much of the action for which comes from an early 1980s edition of the Coors Classic
Richard Ballantine	Richard’s 21st Century Bicycle Book	2000	A comprehensive introduction to all things cycling argued with a excitingly intense moral power
Julian Barnes	Cross Channel	1996	A collection of short stories about Brits in France, one of which features a neophyte professional cyclist
Bella Bathurst	The Bicycle Book	2011	An entertaining collection of stories and reflections made all the more enjoyable by the deftness of the writing
Kristian Bauer	Ride A Stage Of The Tour De France	2011	A practical guide to Tour climbs that is suffused with personal experience
Mark Beaumont	Speaker tour	2010	Two epic rides recounted on a tour of 38 major venues
Mark Beaumont	The Man Who Cycled The World	2009	An engaging account of a record breaking circumnavigation of the globe covering 18,297 miles in 194 days during 2007 - 2008
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
dir Jason Berry	Chasing Legends	2010	A stunning feature length cinema documentary on the 2009 Tour
Frank Berto	The Birth Of Dirt	2008	An enjoyable and apparently definitive exploration of the mountain bike's paternity
Bike Snob NYC	Systematically And Mercilessly Realigning The World Of Cycling	2010	Caustic comedy and common sense are married on the printed page by the blogging sensation
Jean Bobet	Lapize: Now There Was An Ace	2010	A touching portrait of one of cycle racings pre-WW1 stars
Tomorrow We Ride	Jean Bobet	2008	A warm and illuminating memoir by a rider with unique access to the European stars of the 1950s
Phillippe Bouvet et al	The Spring Classics	2010	A collection of pictures and essays celebrating cycling's great one-day races
Alan Bradley	The Sweetness At SThe Bottom Of The Pie	2009	A arch and enquiring girl entertainingly pedals around a mid-century Cotswoldian scene solving dastardly crimes old and new
Jobst Brandt	The Bicycle Wheel	1981	A treatise, nearly as elegant as its subject, that guides readers through the physics and engineering of this remarkable invention
Philippe Brunel, trans Lois Lovett	An Intimate Portrait Of The Tour De France	1996	A richly illustrated look behind the scenes of the great race from the 1920s to the 1990s that is a joy to flick through, so long as you ignore the text
Beryl Burton	Personal Best	1986	The matter-of-fact autobiography of arguably Britain's greatest ever sportswoman
Howard Briercliffe	Cycling Touring Guides	1947 - 1950	A series of guides to cycling in Britain from the baggy-shorts-and-saddlebags era
Charles S Brooks	Roads To The North	1928	A ride through the length of England, that sparkles in the retelling despite record rainfall
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
Vanessa Cabban	Bertie and Small and the fast bike ride	1999	An illustrated book aimed at children under fives or first readers
Mike Carden	The Full English	2007	An eighteen-day ride from Dorset to Northumbria undertaken in 2006, entertainingly recounted with a sense of humour that will appeal to some, but is sufficiently deft that those who don't enjoy bike-and-rider dialogues should not be put off
Matt Carroll	Escape Routes	2011	Short cycle rides in England, seved up hipster-stylee
Al Churcher	Cycling Country Lanes & Byways (Suffolk)	2008	An attractively produced return of 'the cyclists' favourite' scale of maps that has much to recommend it but can be struggle for some route finding
Jeff Connor	Wide Eyed And Legless	1988	A tabloid journalist travels with the only British team to enter the Tour de France in the past 40 years to provide a hilarious account of their disastrous participation in the 1987 event
Cycling	Profile Road Book Of England	1919	A pocket book providing distances, altitude profiles and notes on road surfaces, covering journeys between the principal destinations of the Kingdom
Tim Dawson	The Yorkshire railway station where cyclists go Dutch	2011	Original article first published at thesundaytimes.co.uk on 10 Dec 11
Tim Dawson	My roadside vigils are lonley no more	2011	Original article first published at thesundaytimes.co.uk 20 Sep 11
Tim Dawson	When the spirit moves you - pedalling in my Mother's trail	2011	Original article first published at thesundaytimes.co.uk in September 2011
Tim Dawson	Team Work Is The Key To Keeping Charity Cyclists On The Road	2011	Original article first published at thesundaytimes.co.uk in August 2011
Tim Dawson	Think out of the box if you want to watch the Olympic road race	2011	Original article, originally published in The Sunday Times on 7 Aug 2011
Tim Dawson	French lessons in getting students back on their bikes	2011	Original article first published at www.thesundaytimes.co.uk in July 2011
Tim Dawson	The last gasp of youth	2011	Original article first published at thesundaytimes.co.uk on 27 May 2011
Tim Dawson	Local economy is the winner of Britain's biggest bicycle race	2011	Original article about the economic impact of the Etape Caledonia originally published at thesundaytimes.co.uk
Tim Dawson	My Wet Dream - A Bicycle That Resists The Rain	2011	Original article first published at thesundaytimes.co.uk on 20 Feb 2011
Tim Dawson	The Path Of Most Resistance	2011	How cycylists kept their riverside rights. Original article first published at thesundaytimes.co.uk
Tim Dawson	Follow The Money	2011	Original article first published in The Sunday Times 30 January 2011

Tim Dawson	On the hoof - an unlucky encounter with a horse shoe	2011	Original article rirst published at thesundaytimes.co.uk January 2011
Tim Dawson	The first and the last - a novel approach to your final ride	2010	Original article first published by thesundaytimes.co.uk
Tim Dawson	The tyke trackers who beat Team Tamalpais	2010	Original article
Tim Dawson	The Old Ones Are The Good Ones	2010	Original article, first published in thesundaytimes.co.uk
Tim Dawson	Caffine Fix	2010	Original article first publshed in The Sunday Times on 27 June 2010
Tim Dawson	Groupies - meet behind the bike shed	2010	Original article first published in The Sunday Times on 30 May 2010
Tim Dawson	Tesco is coming - don't panic	2010	Original article first published in The Sunday Times on 2 May 2010
Tim Dawson	Explosive Issues	2010	Original article first published in the April 2010 edition of BikeBiz
Tim Dawson	The Lost Cafe Society	2010	Original article first published in The Sunday Times 21 March 2010
Tim Dawson	At last it's hip to be an old codger	2009	Original article about the Slow Bike Movement, first published in The Sunday Times
Tim Dawson	Be thankful for peddling dentists	2009	Original article about the cost of top end road bikes over the decade to 2009
Tim Dawson	My Badge Of Honour	2009	Original article about training young people to cycle safely
Tim Dawson	Maps Are Looking Lost	2009	Original article about maps and GPS
Tim Dawson	Mountains Crumble	2009	Original article about the decline of mountain bike sales
Tim Dawson	Torture By HobNob	2009	Original article about cycle computers that feature calorie counters
Tim Dawson	Give me room, Gordon	2009	Original article about the campaign for a statutory passing distance
Tim Dawson	Long Arm Of PC Pedal	2009	Original article about the cycling law men
Tim Dawson	I'm folding	2000	An original article first published in The List (Edinbugh and Glasgow's listings magazine) on 8 June 2000
Tim Dawson	Cycling in cities	1996	Original article extolling the pleasures of cycle touring in cities, first published in Cycling Plus
Tim Dawson	Peddling two-wheeled dreams	1997	Original article that first appeared in The Sunday Times 22 June 1997
Tim Dawson	Cycling Across Spain	1998	Article about a seven day trans-Iberian ride, first published in Cycling Plus
Tim Dawson	The Age Old Battle	2009	Original article about the spiritual dimension of fixing puncutres first published in The Sunday Times
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
Todd Downs	Bicycling Illustrated Bicycle Maintenance	2005	A comprehensive repair manual that is rich in step-by-step photos and exploded diagrams aimed at the most serious end of the consumer market
Dot May Dunn	Twelve Babies On A Bike	2009	A compelling memoire of life on a different kind of delivery bike in 1950s England
James Duthie	I Cycled Into The Arctic Circle	1957	The moving account of a deaf mute's cycling tour through the Low Countries, Scandanavia to Lap Land
Andrew Eames	Blue River, Black Sea	2009	The Danube from source to sea, largely by bike, recounted in a rewarding travelogue that is rich in historical contextualisation and cultural insight
Jane Eastoe	Britain By Bike	2010	A 'celeb'-endorsed, tv-advertised, nostalgia-infused guide whose main appeal is a gift purchase
Christine Elliot and David Jabolinka	Custom Bicycles	2009	A sumptuously photographed catalogue of 39 contemporary custom builders who build every kind of bicycle, from workshops around the developed world
Mary Elsy	Pedals And Petticoats	2005	Four young women cycle through Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Spain in the summer of 1950 - enjoyably recounted, fifty years later
Michael Embacher	Cyclepedia - A Tour Of Iconic Bicycle Designs	2011	A fabulous compendium of bicycle designs masterfully photographed
Matthew Engel	Eleven Minutes Late	2009	An enjoyable journalistic survey of Britain's railway network and its history
Jeremy Evans	Cycling Facts And Feats	1996	A surprising treasure trove of information packaged as an adolescent gift book
Polly Evans	Its Not About The Tapas	2003	An enjoyable account of a solo bicycle journey made around parts of Spain made (probably) in 2002. It would serve as a good primer to Spain but also have something for those who know the country well
Laurent Fignon	We Were Young And Carefree	2010	An inteligent and poignant account of one of the 1980s most brilliant stars
Cyclopedia	William Fotheringham	2010	From Abdu to Zimmerman and everything between
John Foot	Pedalare! Pedalare!	2011	A history of Italian cycling that is best enjoyed as a collection of essays
William Fotheringham	Put Me Back On My Bike – In Search Of Tom Simpson	2002	An account of the life of the British star of 1960s cycling that raises the bar for cycling biography
William Fotheringham	A Century Of Cycling	2003	A coffee-table-sized book containing a good history of the major races in professional road cycling
William Fotheringham	Fallen Angel - The Passion Of Fausto Coppi	2009	A riveting biography that paints an engaging picture of post-war Italy and of the man considered by many to be the greatest racing cyclist of all time
William Fotheringham	Roule Britannia	2005	A highly readable history of British participation in the Tour de France 1955 – 2004
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
Peter Fleming	News from Tartary – a journey from Peking to Kashmir	1936	An account of a famous 3,500 trek through China and into India
Derek Frankowski and Ryan Gibb	Life Cycles	2010	A mountain bike film with stimulation for the soul as well as the adrenalin
Tom Fremantle	Johnny Ginger's Last Ride	2000	A surprisingly enjoyable and insightful account of a twenty-something journalist's solo ride from the UK to Australia in 1996
Mick Gambling	Mick Gambling On Cycling	1981	Humorous articles depicting the life of a provincial tester originally published in Cycling (Weekly) in the preceding sixteen years
Reg Gammon	One Man's Furrow	1990	A charming collection of paintings, drawing and writing much of it born of cycling
Nikki Giovanni	Bicycles	2009	A book of 'popular' poetry whose premise is a clumsy metaphor
Dave Gorman	Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop And Stand Up	2009	A stand up comedy tour being undertaken by bicycle, taking in the UK's extreme compass points and visiting around 30 venues
Johnny Green	Push Yourself Just A Little Bit More	2005	A gonzo account of the 2003 Tour recounted in rock n' roll patois in which the race and results take a back seat to a rollercoaster back-stage view of the event
Tony Hadland	The Moulton Bicycle	1981	A very readable account of the development and production of one of the greatest pieces of cycle engineering
Richard Hallett	Cycle Maintainance	2002	A nicely illustrated and easy to follow entry-level manual on bicycle maintenance
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
Paul Henderson	Cycling In The French Alps	2005	A detailed guide to eight, multi-day cycle tours in the Alps including numerous colour photographs, route itineraries and ride profiles
Harry Henniker	101 Mountain-bike routes in Scotland	1998	Well-described mountain bike routes all over Scotland - generally of the off-road touring variety
David Henshaw	Brompton Bicycle	2009	An epistle to commuting's magic key that does its subject proud
Harry Hewitt Griffin	Bicycles And Tricycles Of The Year – facsimile introduced by Noel Marsham	1886	A late Victorian bicycle buyers guide providing descriptions and illustrations of nearly 200 wheeled machines, including penny farthings, faciles, tricycles and quadricycles, republished as a facsimile
Tony Hewson	In Pursuit Of Stardom	2006	A joyous account of three Brits, an old ambulance and a lot of cycle races, that provides a dazzling insight in the Britain and France in the late 1950s
Ian Hibell	Into The Remote Places	1984	An episodic account of cycle journeys made in the early 1970s across the Darien gap, south through Africa (including the Sahara) and west-east across South America from Lima to Recife in Brazil
Elizabeth Hilton	By Bike To Budapest	1996	A ride from Denmark to Budapest undertaken by a family of six - the four children being aged from around 10 to 16 during the summer of 1994. The ride was more of a success than the book - although it would provide a useful primer for anyone planning a long ride with children
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
Katharine Holabird ill. Helen Craig	Angelina's Birthday	1989	A nice illustrated tale, intended to be read to girls aged 3 - 6
Paul Howard	Sex, Lies And Handlebar Tape	2008	A biography of Jacques Anquetil, the dominant racing cyclist of the late 50s and early 60s, including his highly unconventional post-career family life
Moods Of Future Joys	Alastair Humphreys	2007	A young man sets off in search of adventure and brings back an enjoyable book
Alastair Humpherys	The Boy Who Biked The World	2011	Travelogue for ten year olds - the enjoyable story how dreams of adventure turn into reality, one pedal stroke at a time
Michael Hutchinson	The Hour	2006	An engaging account of Hutchinson’s preparation for, and attempt on, the hour record, taking in much of the history and mythology of the record along the way
Jerome K Jerome	Three Men On The Bummel	1900	A series of very humorous incidents featuring the triumvirate who first came to life in Three Men In A Boat - this time hung, very loosely, on a cycling holiday in Germany
Dan Joyce	The CTC Guide To Family Cycling	2009	A sound and comprehensive distillation of everything needed to help a family pedal off
Paul Kimmage	Rough Ride	1990	A compelling, warts-and-all, account of the author's short career as a professional cycle racer written partially to expose the sport's drug culture
Ralph Hurne	The Yellow Jersey	1973	A pacy novel with a washed up pro-cyclist as its main charecter
Ralph Hurne	They'll Never Catch You Now	2007	The randy roadman makes an ill-advised comeback
Tom Kevill-Davies	The Hungry Cyclist	2009	A ride in 2006-7 from New York, across the US, then through Mexico, Central and South America to Rio in search of culinary delights, entertainingly, sometimes gruesomely, recounted
Tim Krabbe	The Rider	1978	A exploration of the experience of racing a bicycle written as an account of a fictional race
Paul Lamarra	The Ultimate Scottish Cycling Book	2003	An area-by-area guide to cycle touring in Scotland, based on a tour made in 2002, including extensive ‘how to’ information
Robin and Chris Lawrie	Shock Tactics	2000	A fun, early reading, with cartoon-style illustrations series of childrens' books featuring a gang of young mountain bikers - aimed at those of eight and above
The Best Of Bicycling!	ed Harley M Leete	1970	Seventy eight articles culled from the US magazine Bicycling!'s late 1960s numbers that are as lively, fascinating and, horizon-expanding, as they were on original publication
Rob Lilwall	Cycling Home From Sibera	2010	An enjoyable account of crossing the frozen wastes aided by the Lord above
Stephen Lord	Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook	2010	An encyclopaedia of distance-touring wisdom that is as sound as it is savvy
Alan McCulloch	Trial By Tandem	1951	A nicely observed account of an artistic Austrialian couples tour through France and Italy a couple of years after the second world war
Rory McMullan	Cycling To Work, A Beginners Guide	2007	A useful primer for those who have not cycled to work before
Bernard Magnouloux	Travels With Rosinante	1988	A compelling account of a five-year, minimal-budget, round-the-world cycle journey starting in 1980. The author took in: Europe; the length of Africa, travelling south; the length of south America, travelling north; the USA travelling east though the southern states and then crossing to California; China to Nepal and some major excursions in India and Pakistan
Benjo Maso	The Sweat of the Gods	2005	An alternative history of professional cycle racing focussing on the external, and frequently malign, influences that have shaped the sport
Anthony Masters	Bicycle Blues	2000	An adventure story featuring a stolen bicycle aimed at readers aged around seven or eight
Chas Messenger	Ride And Be Damned	1998	A richly illustrated, but occasionally confused, account of the post second world war split in British racing cycling
Christian Miller	Daisy, Daisy	1980	A mother of adult children defies her progeny to cycle access the United States on a Bickerton in the late 1970s
Gerry Moore	The Little Black Bottle	2011	A lively account of one of cycling's most intriguing Victorian charecters
Richard Moore	Slaying The Badger	2011	A gripping account of the Tour's most extraordinary rivalry
Richard Moore	In Search of Robert Millar	2007	A readable and stimulating biography of Britain's most sucessful stage race rider
Richard Moore	Heroes, Villains and Veoldromes, Chris Hoy and the Track Cycling Revolution	2008	A well-written and enjoyable biog of Sir Chris taking in the evolution of the entire track cycling phenomenon that came out of the east of Scotland in the 1990s
Tim Moore	French Revolutions	2001	A humerous account of the authors attempt to cycle the route of the Tour despite his lack of experience on a bicycle
Joe Moran	On Roads	2009	An entertaining journey through the recent history of the UK's major roads
Blake Morrison	Too True	1998	A collection of pieces by one of the UK's most poetic writers - worth seeking out for the short story and the article about cycling
S H Moxham	Fifty Years of Road Racing – The History of the North Road Cycling Club	1935	A serious-minded club history that is better on the earlier years of its canvass
Dervla Murphy	Full Tilt – Ireland To India With a Bicycle	1965	An account of a cycle journey made in the first half of 1963 covering precisely the journey described in the title, by an Irish woman in her early 30s. Most of the book concentrates on the portion of her ride that took her through Afghanistan and Pakistan where she made some truly remarkable rides, including cycling the length of the Khyber Pass and a hair-raising journey through the Babusar Pass
Anne Mustoe	A Bike Ride	1991	The author gives up her job as headmistress of a girls boarding schools and spends 1987 and 1988 cycling around the world. Following the route of Alexander the Great, this rewarding travelogue is steeped in her enthusiasm for the classics
Anne Mustoe	Lone traveller. One woman, two wheels and the World	1998	A former headmistress' second round-the-world cycling tour undertaken when she was 61. An undoubted feat, but leisurely done over a five-year period
Eric Newby	Round Ireland in Low Gear	1987	Two inexperienced cyclists take to Ireland's roads in the mid-1980s and squeeze juice from a tired concept by dint of the author's writerly talents
The Data Book	Noguchi	2010	A treasure trove of design details
William Oakley	Winged Wheel	1977	An insider's centenary history of the venerable club whose focus is committee meetings not club runs
Graeme Obree	Flying Scotsman	2003	From attempts on the hour record to attempts on his own life, the Scottish cyclists' story in his own words
Mike Parker	Map Addict	2009	British maps and their meanings entertainingly plotted across the contours of writer's own obsession with them
Joe Parkin	A Dog In A Hat	2008	Drugs, deals and dissapointment in the late 1980s on the backroads of Flanders
Brian Patten ill. Arthur Robins	The Magic Bicycle	1993	An enjoyable illustrated adventure poem, to be read to three to six year olds
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
Pamela Pease	The Pop Up Tour De France	2009	An imaginative introduction to the great race, with a sound text, and some fun - if not ground-breaking - paper engineering
Rob Penn	A Place To Cycle	2005	A lavishly illustrated catalogue of 25 suggested 'amazing cycle tours' around the world that is as potently inspiring as it is practically threadbare
Robert Penn	It's All About The Bike	2010	An enjoyable spin through cycling history on the trail of the perfect bike
Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell	A Canterbury Pilgrimage	1885	An illustrated account of a ride on an early tandem tricycle journey made by an American couple whose cycling travelogues did much to make wheeled touring respectable in Victorian Britain
Kate Petty	Bicycles Around The World	2006	A series of spreads, each featuring cycling in different parts of the world, with an accompanying four line text that could be read by a five or six year old
Tom Phillips	Bicycles, Vintage People On Photo Postcards	2011	A sepia-tinted journey into the age when Starley and Dunlop expanded everyman's horizons
Helen Pidd	Bicycle	2010	A newbies guide to life on two wheels that is as fun as it is informative
Patrick Potter	42 x 12 The Cult Of The Fixed	2010	Hipsters on track bikes are given the coffee table treatment
Jay Pridmore	Classic American Bicycles	1999	A quick spin through the history of US cycle manufacture, lavishly illustrated in colour
Andy Pruitt	Complete Medical Guide For Cyclists	2006	Just the prescription for two-wheeled worriers
Ragged Staff	Cycling Is Such Fun	late 1940s	A series of fictional sketches and tales featuring a 'clubman' and his family traversing the countryside in the forties and fifties
Karel Reisz	Saturday Night And Sunday Morning	1960	A gritty, compelling, 'kitchen sink' drama, featuring great bicycle factory footage
Matt Rendell	The Death Of Marco Pantani	2006	A biography of the meteoric star of 1990s cycling that is readable and thought-provoking; if ultimately depressing
Matt Rendell	Olympic Gangster - the legend of José Beyaert	2009	A footnote in cycling's history is the connective tissue for a thrilling panorama of twentieth-century Columbia
Jack Rennert	100 Years Of Bicycle Posters	1973	A fabulous collection of colour reproductions of cycling posters, mainly from the early years of the twentieth century, with a perceptive introduction and notes on each plate
Andrew Ritchie	Major Taylor	1988	An important readable biography of one of the most historically important stars of late nineteenth century US cycling
Andrew Ritchie	Major Taylor - second edition	2010	A fabulously illustrated and enhanced edition of this biography of one of the most remarkable cyclists ever
Derek Roberts	Cycling History Myths And Queries	1991	A fastidiously researched exploration 166 ‘issues’ in cycling history, arranged in question-and-answer style, mainly concerned with the nineteenth century development of the bicycle and the first ‘golden age’
Stephen Roche	My Road To Victory	1987	A slight, but enjoyable celebration of a golden year
Angela Royston	How Is A Bicycle Made?	2007	Aimed at 5-6 year old children, this book tells a simplified story of how raw materials become a bicycle that is retailed
Nick Sanders	The Great Bike Ride	1988	An enjoyable and surprisingly undated account of a 13,000 mile round-the-world ride, over 80 days, ridden at a record-breaking average of 170 miles a day, undertaken in 1985
Lola Schaefer	Bicycles – read and learn	2003	A colourful paperback aimed at young readers, probably in the first years of primary school.
Natasha Scott-Stokes	The Amber Trail	1993	A ride from Gdansk to Thessaloniki in 1992, initially intended to recreate the ancient route on which amber was transported, but better for its descriptions of some of eastern Europe shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall
Matt Seaton	The Escape Artist	2002	Autobiography on two wheels including genuine tragedy and highly perceptive observations
Bettina Selby	Pilgrim's Road	1994	An inspiring account of a spiritually enthused-pilgrimage on the camino, to Santiago de Compestella, undertaken in the early 90s
Eileen Sheridan	Wonder Wheels	1956	A charming, period piece of an autobiography by the dominant force in UK women's cycling during the early 1950s
Chris Sidwells	Cyclosportive	2011	Useful instruction for sportive newbies
Chris Sidwells	Complete Bike Book	2003	A colourful introduction to all things cycling – probably aimed at younger teenagers
Chris Sidwells	Tour Climbs	2008	A useful catalogue of the Tours Cols that falters before the summit
Eugene A Sloan	Sloane's Complete Book Of Bicycling	1970 - 1995	An encyclopaedic guide to bicycle buying, maintenance and use. Aimed at the new rider, it is rich in sound wisdom, if a little wearing in its determination to be comprehensive
dir Ralph Smart	A Boy A Girl And A Bike	1949	Film: Up hill and down dale with a Yorkshire cycling club in pursuit of romance, robbers and road racing
Steve Snowling	Bicycle Mechanics In Workshop And Competition	1993	An accessible manual of cycle preparation and maintenance aimed at serious road racers and those who seek to be professional race mechanics
Thomas Stevens	Around The World On A Bicycle	1885	An account of the first globe-encircling cycle ride that is so lively and fresh that its vintage is quickly forgotten
Sarah Stinton	Only Mad Dogs And Englishwomen	2010	An enjoyable account of a young woman's solo LEJOG in 1997
Ronald F Sudbury	Stamp Collecting For The Cyclist	1981	An illustrated catalogue of stamps issued between 1887 and 1979 that feature bicycles
Philip Sumner ill. Alan Osbahr	Early Bicycles	1966	An enormously attractive large format book of detailed plates showing a dozen early bicycles, accompanied by a good, short history of cycles up to the early years of the twentieth century
Dick Swann	Bert Harris Of The Poly - A Cycling Legend	1964	A brief spin around the world of late Victorian velodromes in pursuit of one that that era's outstanding stars
Richard P Talbot	Designing and Building Your Own Frameset	1979	A thorough technical guide to building a steel bicycle frame, including the design, cutting, brazing and finishing of the frame. There are many step-by-step photographs and tables of technical information
François Truffaut	Jules et Jim	1962	An atmospheric and beautifully constructed portrait of a menage à trois and the gathering troubles of the twentieth century, some of it conducted on bicycles
The Bicycle - the complete BBC series	David Taylor	1990	A well-made and insightful series of television programs on all aspects of cycling
Gavin Turk	Les Bikes Du Bois Rond	2010	A jolly event-as-art piece in on bicycles around Essex and Suffolk
Various	The (Haynes)Racing Bike Book	2007	A general introduction to all things connected with racing bikes, aimed at novices and lavishly illustrated with colour photographs
Various contributors	The Bicycle Book	2006	A general introduction to cycling for leisure and transport, illustrated with colour photographs in a magazine style and aimed at adult readers
Rob Van Der Plas	Simple Bicycle Repair	2004	A pocket-sized, colour-illustrated guide to all basic aspects of cycle maintenance that could usefully be kept in most tool boxes
Rob Van Der Plas	Mountain Bike Maintenance	2007	Lavishly illustrated in colour, this is a very competently written and assembled guide to fixing most things on most bikes, as well as such mountain-bike specific jobs, such as servicing your suspension
Rob Van Der Plas	Cycle Repair Step By Step	1993	A comprehensive and well-explained guide to cycle repair, with extensive colour illustration
Rob van der Plas and Stuart Baird	Bicycle Technology	2010 (2nd)	The most enjoyable, accessible and comprehensive book on this subject in print
Anne Vardy	Twelve Wheels From Turkey	1988	Vardy, her husband and five pre-teen children cycle from Istanbul back to Blighty in the spring and summer of 1987, in a journey partially propelled by the family's ever-visible Christian faith
James Waddington	Bad To The Bone	1998	Science fiction meets cycling in a thought-provoking tale of pharmaceutically enhanced sport
J B Wadley	From the pen of J B Wadley, ed Adrian Bell	2002	A collection of articles about competitive cycling by one of Britain's most celebrated cycle journalists
Simon Warren	100 Greatest Cycling Climbs	2010	A nicely executed gazetteer of tarmac ascents in the UK on which to perform pedalling heroics
Warrington Cycle Campaign	Crap Cycle Lanes	2007	A stocking-filler book cataloguing the failings of UK cycle-lane construction
HG Wells	Wheels Of Chance	1896	Hoopdriver's quest for sun, sea and Sussex provides an illuminating entertainment
Giles Whittell	Lambada Country	1992	An illuminating account of a ride from the Baltic to the Black sea as the red tide receded from eastern Europe
Bradley Wiggins	In Pursuit Of Glory	2008	A pedestrian account of a stellar career
Bradley Wiggins	On Tour	2010	Wiggo's 2010 Tour laid bare in words and pictures
Jim Willis	Journey Home	2000	The interior monologue of a Church minister on a ride from Florida to Massachusetts that starts promisingly but is waylaid by a more personal psycho-drama
Jim Willis (complied by)	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
Albert Winstanley	The Golden Wheels of Albert Winstanley	1985	A delicious collection of articles, mainly describing day rides in north Lancashire and the Lake District
Albert Winstanley	Golden Days Awheel	1991	A second collection of spirited touring reminiscences that are a fireside delight
Albert Winstanley	Owd Tom	1992	A nicely illustrated celebration of cyclist that delivers a strong flavour of cycling in the 1920s and of the haunts of Lancashire cyclists of that era
James Witherell	Bicyle History - A Chronological Cycling History Of People, Races and Technology	2010	Hours of entertainment from a cheery rattle-bag of cycling facts
The Unknown Tour De France	Les Woodland	2000	The great race's backpages make an enjoyable read, even for Tour-book veterans
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
Fitzwater Wray (Kuklos)	A Vagabond's Notebook, Kuklos	1908	Our highways and byways a century ago by arguably Britain's most important cycling journalist
Fitzwater Wray	The Kuklos Papers	1927	Collected pieces of journalism written between 1908 and 1927 by one of the most important cycling writers of his time
Robert Wright	Building Bicycle Wheels	1977	A slender volume that does exactly what it promises on the cover – provides enough information to allow you to build you own wheels
Peter Yates	Breaking Away	1979	FILM: Class, cycling and smokestack Americana in a film whose appeal is undiminished by time
Jeremy Whittle	Bad Blood	2009	The contamination of cycling's life blood, compellingly chronicled from the press enclosure
Robert Wright	Building Bicycle Wheels	1977	A slender volume that does exactly what it promises on the cover – provides enough information to allow you to build you own wheels
Jon Wyatt	Three Bent Links	2011	Three enjoyable short stories taking cyclists as their subjects

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