Go By Bike (and Book!)

Celebrate Winter Go By Bike Week (Feb 8th - 14th) with some cycling themed reads to fix your ride and inspire your next.

Updated February 8, 2025
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Greater Victoria Public Library
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Two wheels good : the history and mystery of the bicycle
Rosen, Jody
Paper Book
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023** 'Full of delightful anecdotes and interviews and fascinating historical tales' Mail on Sunday A panoramic portrait of the wonderous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine. A...
Re: cyclists : 200 years on two wheels
Hutchinson, Michael
Paper Book
'As if Bill Bryson had taken to two wheels' - FT Somewhere in a German forest 200 years ago, during the darkest, wettest summer for centuries, the story of cycling began. The calls to ban it were more or less immediate. Re:Cyclists is the tale...
Speed read : Tour de France : the history, strategies, and intrigue behind the world's greatest bicycle race
Wilcockson, John
Ebook
Coffee first, then the world
Graham, Jenny
Paper Book
SELECTED FOR THE BBC AND READING AGENCY'S BIG SPORTING READ 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 - CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 - SPORT 'An amazing adventure... I was left in total awe' - Lorraine...

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