Family Biking is a guide for parents and parents-to-be on how to introduce their children to the joys and responsibilities of bicycle riding. The guide includes safe methods of transporting children via trailer bike or tandems, taking young children on bicycle tours, fitting a child to a bicycle, teaching all aspects of bicycle safety, as well as how to deal with dangerous or potentially dangerous situations. It also includes how to teach children...

"Cyclists are everywhere, the cautionary bumper stickers tell you. More than ever before, bicycle culture is everywhere, too: from Portland, Oregon, to Portland, Maine, city planners are making big changes to city infrastructure for the increasing numbers of people who are leaving their cars at home (or deep-sixing them altogether) and upgrading to two wheels. Biking in the city is no longer just for bike messengers with a death wish. Biking's benefits...

Bonnie O'Boy really wants a bicycle, but when she gets one, she forgets to do something that is very important.

"An inspirational and encouraging illustrated guide to the world of bicycles and cycling, with practical information on bike buying, riding, repairs, and maintenance,"--Amazon.com.

The bicyclist is under attack from all directions-the streets are ragged, the air is poison, and the drivers are angry. As if that weren't enough, the American cyclist must carry the weight of history along on every ride. After a brief heyday at the turn of the twentieth century, American cyclists fell out of the social consciousness, becoming an afterthought when our cities were planned and built. Cyclists today are left to navigate, like rats in...