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Bicycle Books


Books on bikes is what makes us tick. Since we add about 3 new or revised bike books annually, you may want to bookmark this page and check it out a couple of times a year. Here’s the list of what’s available at the present time. To find out more on any one book, click on it, and you will be taken straight to the specific book’s information page.

Bicycle Maintenance and Repair Books

Bicycle Touring Books

Bicycle Racing Books

Bicycle History Books

General Bicycle Books


Bicycle Maintenance and Repair Books


New Edition
Bicycle Repair

Maintenance & Repair of the Modern Bicycle
Rob van der Plas
Mountain Bike Maintenance and Repair
Your Complete Guide to Keeping Your Mountain Bike Going Strongly
Thomas Roegner
Simple Bicycle Repair
Fixing Your Bike Made Easy
Rob van der Plas
New Edition
Mountain Bike Maintenance

How to Maintain & Repair Your Mountain Bike
Rob van der Plas
       

Bicycle Racing Books


The Six-Day Bicycle Races
America's Jazz-Age Sport
Peter Nye with Jeff Groman and Mark Tyson
Ascent
The Mountains of the Tour de France

Richard Yates
They'll Never Catch You Now
A new novel by the author of The Yellow Jersey
Ralph Hurne
The Crooked Path to Victory
Drugs and Cheating in Professional Bicycle Racing
Les Woodland
The Unknown Tour de France
The Many Faces of the World’s Biggest Bicycle Race
Les Woodland
Revised, 2nd edition
NEW BOOK
The Little Black Bottle
Choppy Warburton, His Little Black Bottle, and the Deaths of His Bicycle Racers
Gerry Moore
Tour de France
The 2006 Tour de France in Photographs
James Startt
Quest for Speed
A History of Early Bicycle Racing, 1868–1903
Andrew Ritchie
Major Taylor
"The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World"
Andrew Ritchie

General Bicycle Books


The Dancing Chain
History and Develop- ment of the Derailleur Bicycle (4th Edn.)
Frank Berto
The Data Book
100 Years of Bicycle Component and Accessory Design
Cycling for Profit
How to Make a Living with Your Bike
Jim Gregory
Performance Cycling
A Scientific Way to Get the Most out of Your Bike
Stuart Baird

Raleigh
Past and Presence of an Iconic Bicycle Brand
Tony Hadland

The Birth of Dirt
Origins of Mountain Biking
Frank Berto
Rebour New 2013
Rebour
The Bicycle Illustrations of Daniel Rebour
Rob van der Plas and Frank Berto
New Edition
Bicycle Technology
Understanding the Modern Bicycle and its Components
Rob van der Plas and Stuart Baird
   

Bicycle Touring Books


Bicycle Touring Holland
With Excursions into Neighboring Belgium and Germany
Katherine Widing
Bicycle Touring
The Complete Book on Touring by Bike
Patricia Vance
Cycling Across North America
A Leisurely Tour from Coast to Coast
Lue and Shannon Christian.

Bicycle History Books


Cycle History 16
Proceedings of the 16th International Cycling History Conference, Davis, United States, 2005
Cycle History 17
Proceedings of the 17
th International Cycling History Conference, York, Canada, 2006
Cycle History 18
Proceedings of the 18
th International Cycling History Conference, Tempere, Finland. 2007
Cycle History 13
Proceedings of the 13th International Cycling History Conference, Muenster, Germany, 2002
Cycle History 14
Proceedings of the 14th International Cycling History Conference, Canberra, Australia, 2003
Cycle History 15
Proceedings of the 15th International Cycling History Conference, Vienna, Austria, 2004
Cycle History 10
Proceedings of the 10th International Cycling History Conference, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1999
Cycle History 11
Proceedings of the 11th International Cycling History Conference, Osaka, Japan, 2000
Cycle History 12
Proceedings of the 12th International Cycling History Conference, San Remo, Italy, 2001
Cycle History 7
Proceedings of the 7th International Cycling History Conference, Buffalo, United States, 1998
Cycle History 8
Proceedings of the 8th International Cycling History Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 1997
Cycle History 9
Proceedings of the 9th International Cycling History Conference, Ottawa, Canada, 1998
Cycle History 4
Proceedings of the 4th International Cycling History Conference, Boston, United States, 1993
Cycle History 5
Proceedings of the 5th International Cycling History Conference, Cambridge, England, 1994
Cycle History 6
Proceedings of the 6th International Cycling History Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1995
Cycle History 1
Proceedings of the 1st International Cycling History Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 1990
Cycle History 2
Proceedings of the 2nd International Cycling History Conference, St. Etienne, France, 1991
Cycle History 3
Proceedings of the 3rd International Cycling History Conference, Neckarsulm, Germany, 1992


* Cycle History Nos. 1 through 7 and 10 and 14 are now only available as photocopied, soft-bound volumes at $50 each.

Also see the category of “General Cycling Books” above for historically relevant titles.