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This lively and lavishly illustrated book tells the extraordinary history of the bicycle, an invention that precipitated nothing short of a social revolution. Recounting a story replete with disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities, David Herlihy shows us why the... read more

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First Sentence

Think back to your first cycling experience, the moment you wobbled beyond the clutches of an anxious parent, without recourse to training wheels.

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  1. David V. Herlihy (Author)

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