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 enlarge | Author: David Gordon Wilson
Publisher: The MIT Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 21159
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 485
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0262731541
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.2272015313
EAN: 9780262731546
ASIN: 0262731541
Publication Date: April 1, 2004
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Informative March 8, 2007
Definitely a good book for bike nerds like myself. Really technical and thick reading. If you like stuff like that, then get this book.
good basic bicycle history and information January 12, 2007
This book is just what I hoped it would be with a lot of good information for anyone interesed in the bicycle world. It goes into every detail of the reasons for the development of the design of the modern bicycle.
thank you,
Robert W Logsdon
 The Bible ! December 21, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Awsome book - into bikes ? ... YOU need this.
Cuts out the mythology often pedalled about bikes !!
 Bicycling Science March 17, 2006
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Through history of Bicycles. Lots of details, too many for most readers interest. Many, many pages of small print could probably be condensed down to less than 200 pages of a larger font. Worth reading for a complete bicylce geek other wise time would probably be better spent reading other bicycle books. However, does provide some interesting trivia such as a person could pedal a 100 miles on a gallon of milk and gave a distance for a gallon of petrol, though I forgot the distance.
 Unpardonable Error November 27, 2005
5 out of 38 found this review helpful
Unfortunately, my copy of edition 3 fell open to page 81, in which the author compares forces from a piston engine to forces generated by living tissue. Unfortunately, this type of comparison is often completely invalid, particularly when the force is accompanied by zero motion in the direction of the force. For example, if the combustion force is replaced by a highly compressed spring, and if the crank is balanced exactly at top dead center, the spring will never "get tired" of exerting its force. In contrast, a human leg WILL get tired, even though no motion occurs. This is because chemical energy is consumed to exert the force even in the absence of motion.
Unfortunately, with this single unreasoned comparison that drives to the core of bicycling science, the author has shot himself in the credibility foot, leaving all else he has to say in question.
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