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| Author | : Andrew Livesey |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2020-11-26 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1000259269 |
Bicycle Engineering and Technology is a primer and technical introduction for anyone interested in bicycles, bicycling and the bicycle industry. With insight into how bicycles are made and operated, the book covers the engineering materials used for their manufacture and the technicalities of riding. It also discusses ways in which the enthusiast may wish to get involved in the business of working with these fantastic machines, which are now being aided with electrical power. The bicycle is a significant factor in transportation around the world and is playing an increasingly crucial role in transport policy as we collectively become more environmentally conscious. To celebrate the importance of the bicycle on the world stage, a brief history is included along with a detailed timeline showing the development of the bicycle with major world events. Previous knowledge of engineering or technology is not required to enjoy this text, as all technical terms are explained and a full glossary and lists of abbreviations are included. Whether you are a bicycling enthusiast, racer, student or bicycle professional, you will surely want to read it and keep it on your shelf as a handy reference.
| Author | : Rob Van der Plas |
| Publisher | : Cycle Pub |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9781892495662 |
This book helps the interested cyclist select the best components and gives technical insights into the way they work. Essential background information for anyone interested in the technical aspects of the modern bike and its development throughout history. Illustrated with over 900 line drawings and photographs with clear explanatory captions.
| Author | : David Gordon Wilson |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 492 |
| Release | : 2004-03-19 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9780262731546 |
A new, updated edition of a popular book on the history, science, and engineering of bicycles. The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This new edition of the bible of bicycle builders and bicyclists provides just about everything you could want to know about the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go faster, and what keeps them from going even faster. The scientific and engineering information is of interest not only to designers and builders of bicycles and other human-powered vehicles but also to competitive cyclists, bicycle commuters, and recreational cyclists. The third edition begins with a brief history of bicycles and bicycling that demolishes many widespread myths. This edition includes information on recent experiments and achievements in human-powered transportation, including the "ultimate human- powered vehicle," in which a supine rider in a streamlined enclosure steers by looking at a television screen connected to a small camera in the nose, reaching speeds of around 80 miles per hour. It contains completely new chapters on aerodynamics, unusual human-powered machines for use on land and in water and air, human physiology, and the future of bicycling. This edition also provides updated information on rolling drag, transmission of power from rider to wheels, braking, heat management, steering and stability, power and speed, and materials. It contains many new illustrations.
| Author | : David V. Herlihy |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 496 |
| Release | : 2004-01-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780300104189 |
The nineteenth century's "mechanical horse" offered an exciting new world of transportation for all and ushered in an era of changes that resonates to the present day, changes cataloged and described in a fascinating history of an engineering marvel.
| Author | : Rob Van der Plas |
| Publisher | : Motorbooks International |
| Total Pages | : 255 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 9780933201309 |
This book provides a full understanding of the technical aspects of the modern bicycle. Helps you select the right bike, its components and accessories for your specific purpose. Includes thorough explanations of the way things work and provides systematic, clearly illustrated, step-by-step maintenance instructions.
| Author | : Wiebe E. Bijker |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 396 |
| Release | : 1997-01-03 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780262522274 |
This book crystallizes and extends the important work Wiebe Bijker has done in the last decade to found a full-scale theory of sociotechnical change that describes where technologies come from and how societies deal with them. Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs integrates detailed case studies with theoretical generalizations and political analyses to offer a fully rounded treatment both of the relations between technology and society and of the issues involved in sociotechnical change. The stories of the the safety bicycle, the first truly synthetic plastic, and the fluorescent light bulb—each a fascinating case study in itself—reflect a cross section of time periods, engineering and scientific disciplines, and economic, social, and political cultures. The bicycle story explores such issues as the role of changing gender relationships in shaping a technology; the Bakelite story examines the ways in which social factors intrude even in cases of seemingly pure chemistry and entrepreneurship; and the fluorescent bulb story offers insights into the ways in which political and economic relationships can affect the form of a technology. Bijker's method is to use these case studies to suggest theoretical concepts that serve as building blocks in a more and more inclusive theory, which is then tested against further case studies. His main concern is to create a basis for science, technology, and social change that uncovers the social roots of technology, making it amenable to democratic politics.
| Author | : Frank Rowland Whitt |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 364 |
| Release | : 1990 |
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| Author | : Luis Antonio Vivanco |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0415503884 |
In cities throughout the world, bicycles have gained a high profile in recent years, with politicians and activists promoting initiatives like bike lanes, bikeways, bike share programs, and other social programs to get more people on bicycles. Bicycles in the city are, some would say, the wave of the future for car-choked, financially-strapped, obese, and sustainability-sensitive urban areas. This book explores how and why people are reconsidering the bicycle, no longer thinking of it simply as a toy or exercise machine, but as a potential solution to a number of contemporary problems. It focuses in particular on what reconsidering the bicycle might mean for everyday practices and politics of urban mobility, a concept that refers to the intertwined physical, technological, social, and experiential dimensions of human movement. This book is for Introductory Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Sociology, Environmental Anthropology, and all undergraduate courses on the environment and on sustainability throughout the social sciences.
| Author | : Sarah Hallenbeck |
| Publisher | : SIU Press |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0809334445 |
This book considers how American women encouraged one another to adopt a new technology--the bicycle--adapt it to their own purposes, and use it to transform cultural assumptions about femininity and gender difference. It also considers the role of women's rhetorical agency in the transformation of bicycle culture and the bicycle itself.
| Author | : C. Calvin Jones |
| Publisher | : Park Tool |
| Total Pages | : 654 |
| Release | : 2019-04-24 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : |
The BBB-4 Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair by Calvin Jones is packed with easy-to-follow, step-by-step procedures, color photos and repair tips for keeping almost any road or off-road bike running smoothly and trouble-free. Whether it's repairing a flat tire, adjusting brakes and shifting systems, truing wheels, or maintaining hub, headset and bottom bracket bearing systems, the BBB-4 has you covered. Thoroughly researched and revised, the 4th edition of the Big Blue Book contains updated photos, torque specifications and troubleshooting tables, along with new content on wheel building, electronic shifting, 12-speed and 1X drivetrains, tubeless tires, disc brakes, headset and bottom bracket standards, and more. Truly an indispensable tool and reference source for both the novice and advanced bicycle mechanic.
