Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Bicycle books for sale, most with HPV content


 Your editor has the following books for sale, most with HPV / recumbent content.

Cost of postage is in addition to listed prices for books, magazines, etc. 

        Contact Mike Eliasohn, mikethebike2325@comcast.net, 810-990-8919. I live just north of Port Huron, Mich., so if you live nearby, "come and get it."


Complete Bicycle Book, including 1972 Buyers Guide (“All makes, all models),” paperback, 240 pages (Petersen Publishing Co.), $10. Also repair and maintenance, accessories, camping, tours and routes, clubs, “bikes of the future.”


The Fantastic Bicycles Book, by Steven Lindblom, pb, 100 pages, 1979 (Houghton Mifflin Co.), $12.. Starting with existing bikes, how to build racing bike, BMX bike, ski bike, exercise bike, tandem, 3-wheel ice cream cart, sidecar rig, water bicycle, klunker.


Richard’s New Bicycle Book (4th edition), by Richard Ballantine, pb, 350 pages, 1987 (Ballantine Books). Topics include special bikes and trikes, urban commuting, racing, touring, old bikes, maintenance and repair, components.


Bicycling Science, 2nd edition, by Frank Rowland Whitt & David Gordon Wilson, hardcover, 364 pages, 1982 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Topics include history of human powered machines and vehicles, human power generation, wind resistance, balancing and steering, materials and stress, unusual pedaled machines.


The Recumbent Bicycle, 1st edition (2000) and 2nd edition (2003), by Gunnar Fehlau, pb, 174 pages (1st), 187 pages (2nd). History, aerodynamics and handling, design, building recumbents, sources. $20 each or both for $35.


DVD:  The Flying Scotsman (Graeme Obree), starring Jonny Lee Miller, 103 minutes, $5.




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