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“Kings of the Mountains” tells the amazing and little-known story of how an impoverished, politically turbulent Latin American country produced a breed of cyclist capable of taking on the world’s best – in the 2002 Tour de France the top Colombian rider Santiago Botero beat even the great Lance Armstrong to win the time trial. Matt Rendell tells of how Colombia’s fist cycle races during the 50s were held on dusty, unpaved roads – with consequentially ghastly accidents; of how the first top Europeans to race in Colombia found themselves utterly vanquished by its endless mountain climbs; of how the biography of Colombia’s first cycling superstar was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Then, in the 70s and 80s, its cyclists began to make their mark abroad, even in the Tour de France – especially as victors in its draining mountain stages, to become King of the Mountains – before Colombia’s pathological political instability led to the rise of the cocaine cartels, and cycling became inextricably linked with the world of drug smuggling.
Kings of the Mountains: How Colombia’s Cycling Heroes Changed Their Nation’s History
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Cycling was a sport so important in Italy that it marked a generation, sparked fears of civil war, changed the way Italian was spoken, led to legal reform and even prompted the Pope himself to praise a cyclist, by name, from his balcony in St Peter’s in Rome. It was a sport so popular that it created the geography of Italy in the minds of her citizens, and some have said that it was cycling, not political change, that united Italy. Pedalare! Pedalare! is the first complete history of Italian cycling to be published in English. The book moves chronologically from the first Giro d’Italia (Italy’s equivalent of the Tour de France) in 1909 to the present day. The tragedies and triumphs of great riders such as Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali appear alongside stories of the support riders, snow-bound mountains and the first and only woman to ride the whole Giro. Cycling’s relationship with Italian history, politics and culture is always up front, with reference to fascism, the cold war and the effect of two world wars. The sport is explored alongside changes in Italian society as a whole, from the poor peasants who took up cycling in the early, pioneering period, to the slick, professional sport of today. Scandals and controversy appear throughout the book as constant features of the connection between fans, journalists and cycling. Concluding with an examination of doping, which has helped to destroy what was at one time the most popular sport of all, Pedalare, Pedalare is an engrossing history of a national passion.
Pedalare! Pedalare! A History of Italian Cycling
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One of sport’s toughest ordeals, the three-week Tour de France sees riders pitted against all kinds of terrain and weather in unrelenting competition with their rivals. In this updated edition, Graeme Fife sets the 2009 race in the context of the event’s remarkable history, which began in July 1903. Combining meticulous research with a fast-paced narrative style, he penetrates the mystique of the race and paints a colorful picture of the men whose exploits have given the Tour an enduring universal appeal. Tour de France: The History, The Legend, The Riders
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This illustrated book was published in 1921 in Great Britain.
PREFACE
THE manufacture of bicycles can be truly described as
one of the most important industries of the country.
The bicycle is also a common commodity, and it is for
these two reasons that this book was undertaken. An
attempt has been made in the following pages to give
a brief outline of the history of the manufacture of
bicycles in this and other countries from the introduction
of the velocipede to the present day mechanically
propelled machine, the motor cycle.
The author has endeavoured to describe some of the
more important processes of manufacture and to embody
with those descriptions particulars of the numerous
other trades on which the cycle manufacturer is
dependent.
In conclusion, the writer would like to thank those
who have so kindly provided him with illustrations of
the machines they make. His thanks are also due to
Messrs. Bell & Sons for their kind permission to repro-
duce illustrations of by-gone models from the late Mr.
H. Hewitt Griffin’s book, Cycling. At the same time
he wishes to make the fullest acknowledgments to all
who have in any way assisted him with information
in any form.
W. F. G.
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This illustrated book was published in 1921 in Great Britain.
PREFACE
THE manufacture of bicycles can be truly described as
one of the most important industries of the country.
The bicycle is also a common commodity, and it is for
these two reasons that this book was undertaken. An
attempt has been made in the following pages to give
a brief outline of the history of the manufacture of
bicycles in this and other countries from the introduction
of the velocipede to the present day mechanically
propelled machine, the motor cycle.
The author has endeavoured to describe some of the
more important processes of manufacture and to embody
with those descriptions particulars of the numerous
other trades on which the cycle manufacturer is
dependent.
In conclusion, the writer would like to thank those
who have so kindly provided him with illustrations of
the machines they make. His thanks are also due to
Messrs. Bell & Sons for their kind permission to repro-
duce illustrations of by-gone models from the late Mr.
H. Hewitt Griffin’s book, Cycling. At the same time
he wishes to make the fullest acknowledgments to all
who have in any way assisted him with information
in any form.
W. F. G.
The Cycle Industry, its Origin, History, and Latest Developments
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The Giro d’Italia is one of the world’s most important and popular bicycle races, yet there is almost no information in English about this magical Italian race’s rich past. With “The Story of the Giro d’Italia”, the fabulous history of Italy’s national tour is at last available. Volume One takes the story of the Giro from its origin as a desperate promotional gamble by a nearly broke newspaper to Eddy Merckx’s convincing 1970 victory.
Volume 1 of “The Story of the Giro d’Italia” tells of Italy’s most celebrated riders: Costante Girardengo, the first campionissimo, or “Champion of Champions”; Alfredo Binda, who so dominated the Giro that one year he was paid by the organizers not to enter; Gino Bartali, who looked to become the dominating rider of his era; and Fausto Coppi, a fascinating personality and Bartali’s great rival who became not only Italy’s, but the world’s finest rider.
The great rivalry between Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali is known to many cycling fans, mostly because of their adventures in the Tour de France. But for much of bike racing’s history the Alps have been a high wall and Italian sponsors preferred to keep their racers at home where they could earn valuable publicity. Because of this, there is a whole world of great athletes who are virtually unknown to the non-Italian cycling fan. How about Giovanni Valetti? In 1939 Valetti beat Bartali when Gino was at the very peak of his powers. Has anyone heard of Giuseppe Enrici, the Giro winner who was born in Pittsburgh? Alfonsina Strada was the only woman who entered (and unofficially finished) a Grand Tour. And there was Giordano Cottur, who won a Giro stage in Trieste while guns blazed.
Clearly, this is a story that has to be told and it’s all there in “The Story of the Giro d’Italia”.
The Story of the Giro d’Italia: A Year-by-Year History of the Tour of Italy
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Bicycles!
17 historical books on cd containing valuable knowledge about bicycles and biking
History, techniques, methods, design and more and more!!
TITLES:
Bicycle Kodaks, by the Eastman Kodak Company, 1897, 37 pages
Bicycle and motorcycle repairing, by Charles Leng, 1912, 284 pages
Around the world on a bicycle, by Thomas Stevens, 1889, 494 pages
Across Asia on a bicycle, by Thomas Gaskell Allen, 1897, 244 pages
A wheel within a wheel, by Frances Elizabeth Willard, 1895, 86 pages
A bicycle ergometer with an electric brake, by Francis Gano Benedict, 1912, 47 pages
The wheels of chance, by Herbert George Wells, 1897, 333 pages
The modern Bicycle, 1898, 161 pages
The modern bicycle, by Charles Spencer, 1876, 148 pages
The “Indispensable” bicyclist’s handbook, by Henry Sturmey, 1887, 398 pages
Pneumatic tires, automobile, truck, airplane, motorcycle, bicycle, by Henry Clemens Pearson, 1922, 1364 pages
The common sense of bicycling, by Marie E. Ward, 1896, 282 pages
Ten thousand miles on a bicycle, by Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, 1887, 904 pages
Over the Alps on a bicycle, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell, 1898, 110 pages
MOTOR BICYCLE BUILDING, by PAUL N HASLUCK, 1906, 163 pages
Bicycle repairing, by S. Burr, 1896, 167 pages
Modern safety bicycle, by Herbert Alfred Garratt, 1899, 223 pages
Bicycles! 17 Books About Bicycles And Biking History
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This book represents an image and photographic history dedicated to “bicycles”. Images cover the period from 1869 to the present. It is a historical compilation from a variety of sources with a linguistic emphasis on any image relating to the term “bicycles,” including alternative meanings and inflections which capture ambiguities in usage. These furthermore cover all parts of speech (noun, proper noun, verb, adverb or adjective usage) as well as use in modern slang, pop culture, social sciences (linguistics, history, geography, economics, sociology, political science), business, computer science, literature, law, medicine, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and other physical sciences. This selection process results in many unexpected entries for a image collection on bicycles, since editorial decisions to include or exclude images is purely a linguistic process. The dating of the images is either the year taken, the year published, or a numerical value found in the title or credit (e.g. the sorting by years may not be related to the years when the images were originally produced). Original image orientation is generally used. The images are used under license or with permission, used under “fair use” conditions, used in agreement with the original authors, or are in the public domain. Some images have not been cropped, to retain margin information, and/or to show original condition. Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Webster’s Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
Bicycles: Webster’s Image and Photographic History, 1869 to the Present
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