Go By Bike (and Book!)

Celebrate Winter Go By Bike Week (Feb 5 - 11th) with some cycling themed reads to fix your ride and inspire your next.

Updated February 3, 2024
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Practical cycling : equip, maintain and repair your bicycle
Belando, Laurent
Paper Book
Here is a book that will answer (almost) all of a beginning and experienced bicyclist's questions about how to get the most out of the activity, while protecting yourself and saving money where possible. How? First there is professional advice on helmets and techniques for safe...
The young cyclist's companion
Drinkell, Pete
Paper Book
A brisk guide for the aspirant bike rider all the way from choosing a first bike to techniques for wheelies and bunny hops and the finer points of riding in a group. This multi-layering of information makes this an inspirational read on many levels. Praise for Young...
Wheels of change : how women rode the bicycle to freedom (with a few flat tires along the way)
Macy, Sue.
Paper Book
Take a lively look at women's history from aboard a bicycle, which granted females the freedom of mobility and helped empower women's liberation. Through vintage photographs, advertisements, cartoons, and songs,Wheels of Changetransports young readers to bygone eras to see how women used the...
Lands of lost borders : a journey on the Silk Road
Harris, Kate
Paper Book
"Lands of Lost Borders carried me up into a state of openness and excitement I haven't felt for years. It's a modern classic."--Pico Iyer A brilliant, fierce writer, and winner of the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize, makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her...

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