Harrisburg: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania epartment of Public Instruction, 1966. — 21 p. Throughout the centuries inventive minds have discovered easier, faster, and more efficient methods of locomotion and transportation. One outcome of such efforts was the invention of the two-wheeled vehicle, known today as the bicycle. The forerunner of the bicycle was the pedomotor, a...
Cicerone Press, 2016 — 208 p. — ISBN13: 978-1852847784. Guidebook to a 5-day cycle tour of the Lake District plus 15 challenging day rides from Keswick, Ambleside, Penrith and bases southwest and southeast of the National Park. Details 2 options each day for the cycle tour, plus a 7-day alternative itinerary. Also outlines other tours including the 112-mile Fred Whitton...
Transworld Publishers, 2018. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-0-593080-41-6. The inspiring story of one man's record-breaking cycle around the world. On Monday 18th September 2017, Mark Beaumont pedalled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes earlier he set off from the same point, beginning his attempt to circumnavigate the world in record time. Covering...
Plume, 2014 — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-0142180648, ISBN: 978-1101634929 (eBook). Brian has a million vague life plans but zero sense of direction. So when he meets Rachel, a self-possessed woman who daydreams of bicycling across the States, he decides to follow her wherever she'll take him. Brian and Rachel soon embark on a ride from northern Wisconsin to Somewhere West, infatuated...
Countryman Press, 2019. — 216 p. — ISBN: 978-1682683071 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1682683088 (ebook). Cuba is continuing to see a big upswing in American and Canadian tourism since relations between the nations were relaxed a couple years ago. As locals and thrifty travelers know, the cheapest, healthiest, most scenic — and often fastest — way to travel in Cuba is by bicycle. The...
W. W. Norton & Company, 2016 — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-0393292565 (e-book). Juliana Buhring had been mired in a dark hole of depression after the death of a man she loved, and when an acquaintance suggested they honor his memory by biking across Canada, she thought, “Canada? Why not the world?” And why not alone. She had never seriously ridden a bicycle before. She had no athletic...
Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, 2014 — 64 p. — ISBN: 978-9860423587. Driving is too fast, walking is too slow; change your speed and perspective at a speed of 20 km/h on a bicycle so you can experience the natural beauty of Taiwan. Riding a bike allows you to cruise along a bike path and enjoy both the sights and smells. If you want a great way to...
Troubador Publishing, 2019. — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-1789016949, ISBN: 978-1838598754 (ebook). In 2015, 19-year-old Londoner, Tom Davies rode 18,000 miles to become the youngest person ever to cycle around the world. Emu Racing and Record Chasing recounts his journey, covering 100 miles a day and visiting 21 different countries to complete a very big circle from London to London....
Profile Books Ltd., 2020. — 416 p. — ISBN: 978-1788161213 (hardcover), eISBN 978-1782834779. A young doctor cycles around the world and discovers how societies treat their most vulnerable, in this thought-provoking and witty medical odyssey. When Stephen Fabes left his job as an emergency-room doctor and set out to cycle around the world, frontline medicine quickly faded from...
Pegasus Books, 2017. — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-1681774312, ISBN: 978-1681774855 (ebook). An epic bicycle journey across the American hinterland that explores the challenges of climate change alongside a diverse array of American voices. After a distinguished career in climate science as the Director of the UN Global Climate Observing System in Geneva, David Goodrich returned home to...
Tourism Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, 2013 — 56 p. — ISBN: 978-9860361049. Authors not specified. This guide introduces 26 bikeways in 12 national scenic areas in Taiwan, including 25 family-friendly routes and, in Alishan, one competition-level route. Cyclists can experience the fascinating geology of the Jinshan Hot Spring area on the North Coast...
NeWest Press, 2019. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-1988732633 (softcover), ISBN: 978-1988732640 (EPUB), ISBN: 978-1988732657 (Kindle). South Away follows Meaghan Marie Hackinen and her sister in the adventure of a lifetime: bicycling from Terrace, BC down the West Coast to (almost) the tip of the Baja Peninsula. Along the way Hackinen battles with the elements in Vancouver Island's dense...
Bloomsbury, 2013. — 304 p. — ISBN: 1408852551. This is the true story of two twenty-year old Australians who travelled for fourteen months on recumbent bicycles from Russia, across Siberia and Mongolia, to Beijing. It is as much a story of perseverance, passion, and belief as it is about the people and remarkable landscapes of Siberia and Mongolia. Tim and Chris are not just...
Löwenzahn Verlag, 2016. — 368 p. — ISBN: 978-3706628150 (ebook). Wo gibt es die besten Downhill Trails? Welche Mountainbiketour eignet sich für die ganze Familie? Worauf muss ich achten, wenn ich beim Ötztal Radmarathon teilnehmen möchte? Egal, welche Frage rund ums Mountainbiken in Tirol auftaucht, Willi Hofer kennt die Antwort. Der vielseitige Sportler und Mountainbikeexperte...
Arctic Glass Press, 2011 — 348 p. — ISBN: 978-1463533137. Jill Homer, a newspaper editor in Alaska, has an outlandish ambition: a 2,740-mile mountain bike race from Canada to Mexico along the rugged Continental Divide. But in the tradition of best-laid plans, Jill’s dream starts to unravel the minute she sets it in motion. An accident during a race on the Iditarod Trail results...
Arctic Glass Press, 2016. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-0692789865. “Into the North Wind” chronicles Jill Homer’s record-breaking bicycle ride across Alaska on the Iditarod Trail. Jill is one of those “accidental athletes” who stumbled into endurance racing shortly after she moved to Alaska in 2005. After a hundred miles, her first race only scratched the surface of the historic trail...
Terrace Books, 2010. — 300 p. — ISBN: 978-0299248840 (paperback), ISBN: 978-0299248833 (ebook). Biking from Oregon to Maine is no small feat, especially for two newly retired women who carry everything they need for three months, powered only by the strength of their legs and a desire for adventure. Alice Honeywell and Bobbi Montgomery invite readers to follow their ride by...
Counterpoint, 2008. — 336 p. — ISBN: 978-1578051410, eISBN 978-1578051847. With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six-year series of “anti-expeditions” to the “anti-summits.” His journeys took him to Lake Eyre in the arid heart of Australia, along...
Summersdale Publishers, 2014. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-1632206442, ISBN: 978-1632208125 (ebook). What happens when you swap the nine-to-five for two wheels and a journey of a lifetime? Terrified of the prospect of a life spent behind a desk, without challenge or excitement, Leon takes off to cross America on an overloaded bicycle packed with everything but common sense. Over five...
Rocket 88, 2018. — 486 p. — ISBN: 978-1999765811 (paperback). "Just then, a train of thought rumbled into motion and a soft voice asked me a question. It was almost a whisper. ‘What are you doing here?’ it said. ‘You are building a career, Anna,’ came the reply from another more sinister voice. ‘But are you building a life?’ said the soft voice again. And for that I had no...
Outskirts Press, 2014 — 236 p. — ISBN: 978-1478722915. When Don Petterson, a former American ambassador, told family and friends he intended to ride a bicycle from New Hampshire to San Francisco, most of them questioned his judgment, if not his sanity. He was in his seventies, hadn't been on a bike for years, and had never ridden more than a few miles at a time. But, in May...
Rocky Mountain Books, 2019. — 328 p. — ISBN: 978-1771603157 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1771603164 (ebook). After many years together Katrina and Mike's marriage has unravelled. In a quest to mend their relationship they embark on a year long, 13,000 kilometre cycling tour with the hope of strengthening their commitment to one another. Katrina is an adventure athlete who craves the...
Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc., 2012 — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1584799894. In the ninth addition to his bestselling "Fifty Places" series, author Chris Santella is back at it again, this time exploring the world on bikes with Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die. Biking has grown increasingly popular in recent years, as both a leisure and extreme exercise activity and Chris cover trips...
Robinson, 2017 — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-1472139795, ISBN: 978-1472139788 (ebook). This book is written for all those who love riding off-road. Cycling is a unique way to see and experience wild places and Wild Cycling is a hardworking guidebook that takes the reader on a journey through the wild and stunning scenery of the British mainland, whilst providing inspiration and enough...
Revell, 2013. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-0800721787, ISBN: 978-1441241801 (ebook). After taking readers down the Appalachian Trail, Paul Stutzman brings them on a new adventure, biking from Neah Bay, Washington, to Key West, Florida, encountering fascinating people along the way.
Scribner, 2015. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-1451695014, ISBN: 978-1451695038 (ebook). During the summer and fall of 2011, Bruce Weber, an obituary writer for The New York Times, bicycled across the country, alone, and wrote about it as it unfolded. Life Is a Wheel is the witty, inspiring, and reflective diary of his journey, in which the challenges and rewards of self-reliance and...
Cicerone Press Limited, 2019. — 264 p. — ISBN: 978-1783627103. The Camino de Santiago de Compostela (Way of St James) is among the world's most famous pilgrimages: Christian pilgrims have travelled to the shrine of St James in Santiago, northern Spain, since the ninth century. This guide provides all the information you need to successfully cycle the Camino. The Camino Francés...
Cicerone Press Limited, 2016 — 258 p. — ISBN: 978-1852847555. Guide to The River Rhone Cycle Route, an 895km bicycle ride starting high in the Alps of central Switzerland and finishing at the Mediterranean Sea, near Marseille. The route - which is mostly downhill - is divided into 20 stages (averaging 45km per stage) and can be completed by most cyclists in 12-14 days. The...
Icon Books, 2017 — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-1785781810. From freewheeling through tufted French vineyards and scaling the rocky, cloud-topped tracks in the Himalayas to rattling past white-washed sugar-cube houses in narrow Spanish valleys, surviving the peaks of the Yorkshire Dales to tackling truly hair-rising descents in rural Cuba, the sheer variety of routes in The 50 Greatest...
Bedrock Ranch Books, 2014. — 383 p. — ASIN B00QHGBGNQ. Stories and reflections from a married couple's three decades of traveling the world by bicycle - including photographs and tips for long-distance bicycle touring
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