The Birth of the Bicycle [Audiobook] download free by Nick Clayton
- Listen audiobook: The Birth of the Bicycle
- Author: Nick Clayton
- Release date: 2016/3/10
- Publisher: AMBERLEY PUBLISHING
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Transportation
- ISBN: 9781445648828
- Rating: 9.77 of 10
- Votes: 72
- Review by: Avalyn Weatherly
- Review rating: 9.2 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/29
- Duration: 1H37M42S in 256 kbps (25.6 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-09-03
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, FLAC, MPC, MP3, MPEG4, WMA, MPEG-4 ALS, MPEG-4 DST (compression DEB, RAR, ZIP, TAR, CHM, LZO)
- Total pages original book: 128
- Includes a PDF summary of 11 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 8M45S (2.2 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: In this highly readable book, Nick Clayton charts the origins of the bicycle, a machine that is still regarded as the most efficient means of translating human energy into motion.Focusing on the early years of development, the author examines the technological developments that have led to the modern bicycle, including the hobby-horse, velocipede, boneshaker, tricycle, the pneumatic tyre, shaft drive, hub-gear, derailleur and many others. He also looks at differences in design, whether for ladies' bikes or for sport and off-road vehicles. The book is filled with interesting information and anecdotes and the author tackles such questions as why the penny-farthing had such a large front wheel or the meaning of trail-and-fork offset.As the bicycle continues to grow in popularity, both as an environmentally friendly travel solution and for sports as varied as triathlon and cyclo-sportive, this book provides you with all the answers you need about one of the most ingenious human inventions.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Sports Books, Social & Cultural History, Road & Motor Vehicles, Cycling
- Download servers: Torrent, Volafile, BitShare, Dropbox, Hotfile. Compressed in DEB, RAR, ZIP, TAR, CHM, LZO
- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 16.20 USD
- Dimensions: 165x234x10.16mm
- Weight: 319g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: Chalford, United Kingdom
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