Summary: With tons of full color, detailed photos and information on a wide variety of components, Complete Bike Maintenance by Fred Mislon makes a good repair and maintenance manual for both the novice looking to learn to wrench and the seasoned hand who needs a refresher on less common parts. Rating: 4/5 Price: $21.99 This [...]
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Book Review: Latest Boneshaker makes great bicycle beach reading
I’ll be out of town at a lake house the next week so the subject of beach reading is on my mind. Luckily, I just received the latest incarnation of Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac. The folks at Boneshaker hav been producing this twice a year collection of bicycle inspired stories, poems, drawing, and interviews for [...]
Book Review: We Might as Well Win by Johan Bruyneel
Summary: Johan Bruyneel, the team manager for all 7 of Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France victories and this year’s comeback season, has developed a record as one of the winning-est managers in cycling history with a record eleven grand tour titles to his resume. Bruyneel’s book about his career and how he wins is only average [...]
Book Review: “The Competition Bicycle” by Jan Heine
Summary: Following up on The Golden Age Of Handbuilt Bicycles, Jan Heine teams up again with photographer Jean-Pierre Pradéres in the The Competition Bicycle to create a great photographic history of handbuilt racing bikes from pennyfarthings to the bikes of Coppi, Merckx and LeMond. Rating: 5/5 Price: $60 Availability: Order directly from Vintage Bicycle Press or purchase at finer [...]
Book Review: “The Golden Age Of Handbuilt Bicycles” by Jan Heine
Summary: Lovingly photographed and well written, The Golden Age Of Handbuilt Bicycles by Jan Heine will satisfy the velo-Francofile and handbuilt framebuilders in every way but may be of limited appeal to general cyclists. Rating: 3.5/5 Price: $60 Availability: Order directly from Vintage Bicycle Press or purchase at finer local bike shops Jan Heine, the [...]
Book Review: “A Dog in a Hat” by Joe Parkin
Summary: Released by VeloPress last fall, A Dog in a Hat is a revealing memoir of former American journeyman pro cyclist Joe Parkin. Rating: 4.5/5 Price: $21.95 Availability: Most bookstores or order online from Velopress In a genre dominated by “How I won” autobiographies, A Dog in a Hat is a refreshing behind the scenes look [...]
