Urban Cycling
eBook - ePub

Urban Cycling

How To Get To Work, Save Money, and Use Your Bike For City Living

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eBook - ePub

Urban Cycling

How To Get To Work, Save Money, and Use Your Bike For City Living

About this book


• Fresh approach that every beginning bicycle commuter needs to get started with confidence
• Illustrations throughout help explain cycle safety, route planning, etiquette, maintenance, and more
• Author is a family cycling advocate

Bicycle commuting is growing by leaps and bounds, especially among women. For many prospective bike commuters, simply seeing a bicyclist cruise past their car or bus while stuck in heavy traffic is enough to inspire a change. But many novice bike commuters crave a manual. The largest percentage of would-be bicycle commuters falls in the "Interested But Concerned" category—they have questions about rules of the road, fears about traffic, or uncertainty about how to get started. Urban Cycling is the easy-to-navigate resource that answers it all!

Author, advocate, and urban-cycler extraordinaire Madi Carlson provides accessible and appealing guidance, giving even the most hesitant bicyclist all the tools she needs to join the cycling community. Carlson details everything from choosing a bike and gear accessories to safe riding techniques, city cycling infrastructure to route planning, and multi-modal commuting to basic maintenance. She also discusses legal issues around urban biking and commuting with children. Illustrations and diagrams of various bicycle facilities and traffic situations help show readers what is expected in each, while photographs demonstrate gear essentials and riding techniques. Tips, personal anecdotes, and profiles of bike commuters and cycling organizations from around the country provide additional advice and inspiration.

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Information

Publisher
Skipstone
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9781594859441
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Urban Cycling
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1: Benefits of Bike Commuting
  8. Chapter 2: The Bike
  9. Chapter 3: Bike Parts and Components
  10. Chapter 4: Gear and Accessories
  11. Chapter 5: Urban Bicycle Infrastructure
  12. Chapter 6: Riding Techniques
  13. Chapter 7: The Route
  14. Chapter 8: Less Than Ideal Conditions
  15. Chapter 9: Basic Maintenance
  16. Chapter 10: Multimodal Bike Commuting and Bike Share
  17. Chapter 11: Commuting with Kids
  18. Chapter 12: Laws, Theft, and Collisions
  19. Chapter 13: Next Steps
  20. Resources
  21. Index