Bicycle

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  Bicycle: The History

  By David V. Herlihy

  F. Noble and Company, makers of the Tension model, and the Phantom Wheel Company, a holdover from 1869. Only the Phantom, with its distinctive pivoting frame, still offered front wheels under forty inches.

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  Bicycle

  By Paul Fattaruso

  In spare, comically surreal prose, Fattaruso elevates the bicycle to the status of an idol, an ordinary object rendered talismanic by repetitive association and imbued with personal meaning.

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  Bicycle: The Noblest Invention

  By Lance Armstrong

  This celebration of the bicycle covers everything from childhood nostalgia to high-tech mountain biking.

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  Bicycle: The Definitive Visual History

  By DK

  ... bicycle was designed for making deliveries, and featured a large wicker ... High-Wire Bike 1959 Origin US Frame Steel Gears Single speed Wheels 26 in (65 cm) Based on a Schwinn cruiser, this bicycle was adapted for high-wire circus riding ...

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  Bicycle: The History

  By David V. Herlihy

  ... long used bicycles to enthrall spectators with stunning balancing acts . Here ten Chinese performers ride on one bicycle , no doubt some sort of record , outside Paris in 1966 . high - wire . Trick riding on high wheelers —

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  Bicycle

  By Jonathan Maskit

  Jonathan Maskit takes us on an interdisciplinary ride to see what makes the bicycle a magical machine that could yet make the world a safer, greener, and more just place.