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There is nothing sacrosanct about bike repair. Its pursuit only requires the will to learn. At their finest hours, bikes exist on a level above mere machines, and there's no reason why the joy should end when the ride is over.
Bicycle written by a long-time bicycle mechanic, covers everything you need to know to feed and care for your ride. This book cuts through the obtuse techno-speak and delivers maintenance clarity with a touch of humor and radicalism,...
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
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256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm + 2 sheets
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"From BMX and mountain biking to track and road racing, this comprehensive full-color guide features the latest high-performance bikes and cycling technology, as well as key models from eras gone by. Virtual tours showcase important bike designs, like the Bianchi Paris Roubaix, and close-up photographs focus on design elements, components, and construction."--Amazon.com.
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Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
199 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
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"The bicycle is one of mankind's greatest inventions and the most popular form of transport in history. Robert Penn has ridden one most days of his adult life. In his late 20s, he pedaled around the world. Yet, like cyclists everywhere, the utilitarian bikes he currently owns don't even hint at this devotion. Robert needs a new bike, a customized machine that reflects how he feels when he's riding it--like an ordinary man touching the gods. It's All...
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Chroncle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Maurice rides his bike all over selling lemonade, while Lotta rides her bike collecting sticks as she goes; they ride different routes and are completely unaware of each other--until their bikes are wrecked and they meet at Sid's who has turned their damaged bikes into one tandem bike, and a friendship is born.
10) My bike
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Tom tells all about his bicycle, his ride to work past trucks, cars, and even elephants, and his work as a circus performer.
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Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
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xvii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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"The bicycle is a vestige of the Victorian era, seemingly out of pace with our age of smartphones and ridesharing apps and driverless cars. Yet we live on a bicycle planet. Across the world, more people travel by bicycle than by any other form of transportation. Almost anyone can learn to ride a bike-and nearly everyone does. In Two Wheels Good, writer and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous machine, an ever-present force...
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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A Tanzanian boy saves his coins to buy a bicycle so that he can help his parents carry goods to market, but then he discovers that in spite of all he has saved, he still does not have enough money.
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VeloPress
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xvii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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"From basic repairs like how to fix a flat tire to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Lennard Zinn's clearly illustrated guide makes every bicycle repair and maintenance job easy for everyone. Lennard Zinn is the world's leading expert on bike maintenance and repair. His friendly step-by-step guide explains the tools you'll need and how to know you've done the job right. The book's two-color interior is easy to read--even in a dimly-lit...
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
293 pages : map ; 18 cm.
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Moving from Los Angeles to small, picturesque Mackinac Island to work in a bike shop might seem crazy, but Evie knows it?s the best decision she?s ever made. That?s not to say she?s gotten rid of all her stress; after all, the upcoming Lilac Festival has everyone in town riding in circles. But things really go downhill when a ferry full of tourists?including Evie?s friend Fiona?s former boss, the editor of a sleazy rag in LA?arrives on the island....
17) Bill's bike
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Series
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
21 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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Bill has a new bicycle with four wheels, but as he rides and rides he loses wheels one at a time until he finds out just how many he needs to have.
18) Bicycle
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Kane Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
[2021]
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
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"A nonfiction "biography" of the bicycle, an everyday object that has become ubiquitous, starting with its possible origins after the eruption of Mount Tambora and up through modern bicycles to suit every rider"--
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Maddie and Mabel volume 3
Publisher
Kind World Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
When Mabel has a big idea and Maddie faces a big challenge, the sisters know they'll succeed together. But how long will it take? Who gets to decide? If you don't get it the first time, how many times do you try again? Frmo a risky big idea to learning to ride a bike, the sisters are there for each other through failures and frustration, together for the wait as well as the reward.
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