Niccolo Ammaniti
A sweltering heat wave hits a tiny village in Southern Italy, sending the adults to seek shelter, while their children bicycle freely throughout the countryside, playing games and getting into trouble. On a... I'm Not Scared Niccolo ... [... more]
Random House |
Bicycles & Tricycles: A Classic Treatise on Their Design ...
 Still useful today: One of Sharp's goals was to debunk the truly awful designs of his day, and hopefully bring about their demise. When the book was written, the "ordinary" had only recently given way to the "safety," and the [... more]
CDN$41.95
Amazon CA |
Jonathan Hunt
A sweltering heat wave hits a tiny village in Southern Italy, sending the adults to seek shelter, while their children bicycle freely throughout the countryside, playing games and getting into trouble. On a... I'm Not Scared Niccolo ... [... more]
Random House |
Abby and the Bicycle Caper
My kid enjoyed: I read this book to my daughter and she seemd to enjoy. The book is similar to a Nancy Drew type mystery, and while as an adult I found it kind of simple, it presented an interesting main character who took action to solve a problem in [... more]
CDN$9.32
Amazon CA |
The Noblest Invention: An Illustrated History of the Bicycle
Cycling into the past with a flat tire?: A lovely idea, an illustrated history of the bicycle, but the execution disappoints ultimately. Many of the pictures are nice, if seldom very dramatic, but the book lets us down with its annoying design. As the [... more]
CDN$41.95
Amazon CA |
Around the World on a Bicycle
Superb: San Francisco to Boston, England to the Balkans, Turkey to Afghanistan, India, China and Japan: Stevens boldly cycled where no bicycler had gone before! On the recommendation of a friend, I've been looking for this book for years. So I was [... more]
CDN$34.95
Amazon CA |
Bicycle Race
The Endurer Wins!: This story seems to be about a simple bicycle race; butit'sdeeper than that. This story exemplifies the power of endurance.A race where all contestants are riding bicycles. Fair enough exceptone of the contestants has to stop to fix [... more]
CDN$18.50
Amazon CA |
Bicycle Across America
Needs work: Reading about this womans adventures was like listening to a senior citizen babble about her life. Every page is the same as the one before: Day 45 Today I had ham and eggs for breakfast, then we rode thiry miles. It was so hot. Then we found [... more]
CDN$14.95
Amazon CA |
Bicycle Love: Stories of Passion, Joy, and Sweat
I love it!: I got an advance copy because an essay by me is inside it. It's a collection of 60 personal essays submitted to a contest (no I didn't win), and they are all wonderful. As a person who loves bikes this outpouring of love is more than [... more]
CDN$17.00
Amazon CA |
The Epiplectic Bicycle
It was too dark to hear anything...: This book travels through time. The chapters are numbered out of sequence yet the story progresses in a brilliantly funny approximation of a linear manner, the art is quirky, the text is silly, and the book itself [... more]
CDN$11.00
Amazon CA |
Bicycle Thieves
Amazon.com Essential Video: Vittorio De Sica's remarkable 1947 drama of desperation and survival in Italy's devastating post-war depression earned a special Oscar for its affecting power. Shot in the streets and alleys of Rome, De Sica uses the real-life [... more]
CDN$59.99
Amazon CA |
Bicycle Road Racing
Start early, get fast: The two seasons I used this book (starting the training program on Dec. 1st), were my most rewarding years as a cyclist. Use "Bicycle Road Racing" with caution, yes, but this can be said for all training programs. The [... more]
CDN$29.97
Amazon CA |
