bicycles and bicycling

Looks at the history and development of the bicycle with tips on how to take care of and safely ride a bicycle.

Offers cyclists an overview of the history of biking, tips to help bikers enjoy the sport, diagrams and charts covering different types of bikes and parts, advice on selecting and maintaining a bike, safety information, and other resources.

When Jake Limberleg brings his traveling medicine show to a small Missouri town in 1913, thirteen-year-old Natalie senses that something is wrong and, after investigating, learns that her love of automata and other machines make her the only one who can set things right.

Presents a description of riding a bike, and includes information on bike saftey for all ages.

Looks at the origins of bicycles, and discusses how bicycling has developed in terms of gear and biking styles.

Provides information about biking, explaining what it is, describing the equipment needed, the techniques of biking, and bike competitions, and introducing some of the superstars of the sport. Includes a glossary and a quiz.

Eddy receives a mysterious gift from India, an old-fashioned bike that transports its rider through time.

Offers tips to keep young riders as safe as possible when riding a bike.

Franklin is missing out on a lot of fun because he cannot ride his bike without training wheels, but when his mother points out that learning new things takes a lot of work, he decides to try again.

Elderly Mrs. Peachtree persists in her desire to learn to ride a bicycle and despite many falls says that she will give up "only when cows sing.".