The story of Scottish bicycles and tricycles from the original 'hobby-horse' velocipede to the notorious bone-shaker to Graeme Obree's world-beating home-made superbike.
This book gives a glimpse into the trials and tribulations of inventing, developing and perfecting the art of pedal-powered transport over the years from the the original 'hobby-horse' velocipede to the the notorious bone-shaker, and from the grand but tricky penny-farthing to Graeme Obree's world-beating home-made suprbike. This second edition has been updated to take in Chris Hoy's amazing three gold medals in the 2008 Olympics.
Alistair Dodds is curator of the Road Transport Collection at National Museums Scotland.
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Graeme Obree
Introduction
Ch. 1 The Dandy years
Ch. 2 The first bicycle
Ch. 3 The Edinburgh Tricycle
Ch. 4 Boneshakers and blacksmiths
Ch. 5 High wheels and sewing machines
Ch. 6 Birth of safety
Ch. 7 Bicycle transport
Ch. 8 Health and freedom
Ch. 9 Wartime
Ch. 10 Post-war revival
Ch. 11 The mountain bike boom
Ch. 12 Into a new century
Appendix
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Places to visit
Further reading
Clubs