I've only read Hurst's book, which I think is excellent. A very well-written, sensible book with a lot of neat history thrown in. (I had no idea who Major Taylor was before I read this book.) Apparently Hurst posts on these forums now, which is very cool.
I will probably continue to avoid Forester like the plague, due to the constant trolling by his snivelling acolytes on this forum. I mostly do cycle "vehicularly" and follow the laws of the road, the ones that make sense for bicycles, anyway, but I have no interest in joining this VC-fundamentalist club I keep encountering here. Kind of ironic Serge would criticize Lem for asking a loaded question, when literally every single thread he posts has a semantically loaded question as it's title. Check out these threads if you don't believe me...
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