A photographic introduction to extreme biking, looking at events in BMX, mountain, and ice biking, as well as road racing, and including information on bike helmets.
Discusses the history of the bicycle, including the popularity it enjoyed during the 1890's. Also examines other types of cycles, cycle racing, cycling organizations, and related topics.
Traces the history of bicycles from the French "celerifere" of 1791, through the nineteenth-century velocipede, hobby horse, boneshaker, and high-wheeler, to the modern racing bicycle and HPV.