Originally Posted by
bikemig
My all time favourite cycling book is called The Bicycling Book edited by Paul Harris (1982). It has a lot of really cool chapters written by enthusiasts (one of my favourites is written by some guy in Finland talking about winter cycling and the piece by Beryl Burton was worth the price of the whole book). The book also has a really neat chapter on Klunkers and another on the Rough Stuff Fellowship written by John Krausz.
I heartily agree! - it's by my bedside as I type (tho I am poking around after work web surfing...). One of the best overall bike books, besides a good bit of RS content it's the best 'what the hell is this!!??' coverage of the concept of English tricycles. Great illustrations, too. I place this book on equal awesomeness standing with "
The best of Bicycling" and "
Bicycling: A Guinness Superlatives Guide" by J. Durry & J.B Wadley. (plus old
RSF journals and
CTC Gazettes, of course, and 70s & 80s Bicycling magazines... And Tony Oliver's "
Touring bikes" .. and Tim Hughes' "
Wheels of choice" ... and "
The custom bicycle" .. and some others...