Bicycles

A bicycle is a human-powered, pedal-driven vehicle, first developed in the 19th century and remaining a popular form of transportation and sport today.

Free Country: A Penniless Adventure the Length of Britain
My Bike
Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike
Eat, Sleep, Ride: How I Braved Bears, Badlands, and Big Breakfasts in My Quest to Cycle the Tour Divide
The Red Bicycle: The Extraordinary Story of One Ordinary Bicycle
Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save The Economy (Bicycle)
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
Ben Rides On
How to Bicycle to the Moon to Plant Sunflowers: A Simple but Brilliant Plan in 24 Easy Steps
The Best Bike Ride Ever
Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
Off We Go!: A Bear and Mole Story
In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist
The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence
Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike
Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle
Duck on a Bike
The Girl and the Bicycle
Bikenomics: How Bicycling Can Save The Economy (Bicycle)
Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike
It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels
Bicycle Diaries
Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling
Crunch
Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance
Pedal, Stretch, Breathe by Kelli ReferThe Greatest by William FotheringhamCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. PhamTomorrow, We Ride by Jean BobetCycletherapy by Elly Blue
Vehicleist Cycles Books Vault
105 books — 5 voters
Full Tilt by Dervla MurphyThe Road Less Taken by Kathryn BertineBump, Bike & Baby by Moire O'SullivanBicycle/Race by Adonia E. LugoYou & a Bike & a Road by Eleanor Davis
Women + Bicycles
22 books — 12 voters

Signs of Life by Stephen FabesCatfish and Mandala by Andrew X. PhamFull Tilt by Dervla MurphyMiles from Nowhere by Barbara SavageMoods of Future Joys by Alastair Humphreys
Bike Travel
76 books — 62 voters
Reaper's Property by Joanna WyldeMotorcycle Man by Kristen AshleyUndeniable by Madeline SheehanOwn the Wind by Kristen AshleyUnbeautifully by Madeline Sheehan
Real Bikers Romance
449 books — 1,618 voters

Johann Sebastian Bach by Christoph WolffHidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyA Guide to Running Your First Marathon by Doug LimbrickKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah
Non-Fiction read in 2017
485 books — 110 voters


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Samuel Beckett
“ But I pushed and pulled in vain, the wheels would not turn. It was as though the brakes were jammed, and heaven knows they were not, for my bicycle had no brakes. And suddenly overcome by a great weariness, in spite of the dying day when I always felt most alive, I threw the bicycle back in the bush and lay down on the ground, on the grass, careless of the dew, I never feared the dew. ”
― Samuel Beckett, Molloy

Terry Pratchett
“ And gears," said Anathema. "My bike didn't have gears. I'm sure my bike didn't have gears." Crowley leaned over to the angel. "Oh lord, heal this bike," he whispered sarcastically. "I'm sorry, I just got carried away," hissed Aziraphale. ...more ”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

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