Here are some more of Coralie’s cycling book reviews – all available from Geelong Regional Library.

Family Cycling

by Carlton Reid

edited by Richard Ballantine.

For people who would like to encourage children to ride. Lots of information on teaching children to ride, bicycles for children, and alternative ways to carry children on bicycles, such as trailers, tagalongs, and box bikes. A good book for a cycling grandparent to encourage their grandchildren.

CUSTOM BICYCLES: A PASSIONATE PURSUIT

by Christine Elliott and David Jablonka

foreword by Phil Liggett.

Mulgrave, Victoria: Images, 2009.

‘IT LOOKS FAST STANDING STILL’

Custom built bicycles: a bicycle built to your specifications. Why? ‘To have a bike that does exactly what you want it to do, fits you exactly the way you want it to fit, and looks exactly as your heart desires’. Many want a custom built bicycle so they can have the right size bike, but there are other reasons too: some want faster, lighter bikes with better components. Some want to have a distinctive looking bike such as the wonderful butterfly spokes bike from Roark Custom Titanium Bicycles (Indiana, USA). Some want a special type of bicycle, such as a tandem, tricycle or a cargo bike. Some see their bike as an extension of their personality, it has to be just right in the way it fits and looks and works, so they go to a custom builder.

‘Custom bicycles’ looks at builders of custom bikes in a number of different countries, with a few pages each on about 40 different companies, lots of photographs and interesting information. The most interesting is Baum in North Shore, Geelong. That’s right, you can have your custom bicycle built in Geelong. Darren Baum, who was born in Geelong and grew up here, set up Baum ‘to create bicycles that combine the best of modern technology and sports science with the timeless elegance of a handmade product: bicycles you will always enjoy’.

1001 bicycles to dream of riding

by Guy Kesteven.

New York: Quintessence, 2014.

A good book to dip into, beginning in the 19^th century, but concentrating on the 21^st century. Some different types of bicycles: aero/ all rounder/ all-terrain/ cargo/ childs/ commuter/ concept/ custom/cyclocross/ downhill/ e-bike/ fixed gear/folding /gravity/hardtail / leisure/ mountain/ paced track bike/ race/ recumbent/ road/ snowbike/ tandem/ triathlon/ touring/ town/ track/ tricycle/ time trial/ triathlon/ utility.