Contributions

  • Lessing, Hans-Erhard - Contributor

Publication

2014 - MIT Press, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

141,000 words, Guess

Page Count

564 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCTL400 .H33 2014

Description

"The bicycle ranks as one of the most enduring, most widely used vehicles in the world, with more than a billion produced during almost two hundred years of cycling history. This book offers an authoritative and comprehensive account of the bicycle's 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 bicycle's development in terms of materials, ergonomics, and vehicle physics, as carried out by inventors, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers."-- book jacket.

Subjects

Topics

PartsHistoryBicyclesDesign and constructionBicycles / Parts / HistoryJava (computer program language)Bicycles / Design and construction / History

Times

19th to 21st century

Links

Other Editions

  • Bicycle design: an illustrated historyMIT Press2014-01-01

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