BEBC Library
BEBC has the following
books available for check out by members--Please call Paul Wantzelius at
206-655-1878 to check-out any of these:
ll-Terrain Bikes by the Editors of
Bicycling Magazine, 92 pages. A concise book on the stated subject.
Copyright date: 1985.
American Flyers by Steven Philip Smith,
167 pages. The book is based upon the film. Copyright date: 1985.
Barnett's Manual by John Barnett 200 to
300 pages. Extremely detailed maintenance manual for all bicycles. Very
liberally illustrated. Copyright date: 1989.
Bicycle Gearing by Dick Marr, 156 pages.
Very thorough treatise; gives both theoretical and practical thoughts.
Copyright date: 1989.
Bicycle Road Racing by Edward Borysewicz,
276 pages. Very thorough book. Copyright date: 1985.
Bicycle Touring by the Editors of
Bicycling Magazine, 92 pages. As above, a concise book. Copyright date:
1985.
The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt, 150
pages. Very thorough book. I own this one myself and have used its
techniques to build wheels, successfully even. I did cheat a bit, I checked
out and used the new Park truing stand owned by the club. Copyright date:
1981.
Bicycling the Pacific
Coast by
Tom Kirkendall & Vicki Spring, 254 pages. Very detailed book. 2nd Edition,
copyright date: 1990.
The Complete Book of
Bicycling
by Eugene A. Sloane, 342 pages. It is "complete". Copyright
date: 1970.
The Complete Book of Long-Distance and
Competitive Cycling
by Tom Doughty, 380 pages. Seems to be correctly titled. Copyright date:
1983.
Effective Cycling, 6th ed. by John Forester. Also
the 41 minute VHS video tape on the same subject. This is the classic
reference for the course taught to people who want to know their place on the
road. Copyright date 1993
The Long Ride by Lloyd Sumner, 223
pages. Describes the author's trip around the world on a bicycle.
Copyright date: 1978.
100 Hikes in the
Alpine Lakes Snoqualmie Pass Stevens Pass Wenatchee Mountains by Vicki Spring, Ira
Spring, & Harvey Manning, 240 pages. A detailed, non-bicycling goodie.
Copyright date: 1985.
The Practical Book of
Bicycling
by Francis Call (of the Mercer Island school system) and Merle E. Dowd, 252
pages. It covers the stated subject matter. Copyright date: 1974.
SutherlandŐs Handbook
for Bicycle Mechanics, 6th ed. By Howard Sutherland. Copyright date: 1995.
The Two-Wheeled Athlete by Ed Burke, 140 pages.
Looks like a concise and thorough book. Copyright date: 1986.
The
library also has a selection of current bicycle-club newsletters extending
from Portland, OR to Vancouver B. C.
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