On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 06:26 PM, Roy H. Drinkwater wrote:
> I pulled out my copy of 'The Bicycling Book' by John Krausz & Vera
> van der Reis Krausz (1982). It's not the book that Bob's thinking of,
> but it covers all (!) facets of cycling 20 years ago.
A truly great book with actual good information. I think the reason it's good is that it is a collection of essays of all the different aspects of cycling. want to know about bike polo, rough stuff cycling, or who Velocio was this is your book.
I'd like to say one of my favorites to brows through for a good laugh
is "Bikes and Riders" by James Wagenvoord in 1972. It a nice book for
kids and has some nice pics about racing in New York in the early 70s.
When ever I see the pictures on p.24 and p.157 of the guy being taught
by his friends how to ride a bike. It's nice to see people of that age
(mid to late 20s) learning to ride a bike for the first time. Alas the
pants the "teacher" is wearing just makes me break out laughing and
thankful that I was only 3 years old when this book was published.
enjoy,
Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
SB, CA