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Cover of ‘On Bicycles’.(Art by Matt Fleming) Amy Walker, co-founder and former creative director of Vancouver BC-based Momentum Magazine has been working on a new book: On Bicycles: 50 Ways the New Bike Culture Can Change Your Life. The book is a collection of essays written by 33 contributors, six of whom are from Portland. … Read more
Just got word of yet another bike book… The Urban Biking Handbook. It’s not out yet, but you can pre-order from Powell’s. Here’s a blurb from the publisher: The Urban Biking Handbook The DIY Guide to Building, Rebuilding, Tinkering with, and Repairing Your Bicycle for City Living by Charles Haine Bicycle culture is bigger than … Read more
Drink Smoke, Flanders– More images below – Professional photographer Chris Milliman’s new photobook, Drink Smoke, Flanders, is now available. Milliman’s photo clients include Portland based companies Keen Footwear, Rapha Apparel, and others. His photos have also appeared in National Geographic and VeloNews. His new book was designed by Matt Stein of Weights & Pulleys, a … Read more
Just got word of what looks like a very promising new book; “Wheels of Change: How Women Rode The Bicycle To Freedom”. See the blurb from the publisher below… “Wheels of Change: How Women Rode The Bicycle To Freedom(with a few flat tires along the way) by Sue Macy takes a lively look at women’s … Read more
This just in… our friend Mia Birk is set for a special author event at Powell’s Books: “Joyride, Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet” tells the dramatic and enlightening behind-the-scenes story of how a group of determined visionaries transformed Portland into a cycling mecca and inspired the nation, over the course of 20 years. Featuring local … Read more
Cover Linfield College professor and local racer Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza is the co-editor of a new book that explores the philosophy of cycling. The book, Cycling—Philosophy for Everyone: A Philosophical Tour de Force (Wiley-Blackwell, August 2010), is a collection of essays that its publisher says is “meant to stretch the off-road mental muscles of cyclists.” “The … Read more
Cover A new book coming from Copenhagen titled, City of Bicycles will take an in-depth look at that famous bike city’s culture. I’m really looking forward to this because most of what I know about Copenhagen is more of the infrastructure, policy and planning side of things. ‘City of Bicycles’ is due for release on … Read more
Cover of new book, Brew to Bikes. A new book by an urban studies professor at Portland State University takes in-depth approach to examining Portland’s burgeoning DIY, ‘artisan economy.’ Charles Heying is the author of Brews to Bikes (Ooligan Press), a book due out in October that “explains how post-industrial economic transformations have created a … Read more
Cover of Joyride Mia Birk, the woman who fought in the trenches to put biking on the map in Portland back in 1990s, is now gearing up to promote her new book, Joyride: Pedaling Toward a Healthier Planet. Joyride is Birk’s first foray into the publishing world and she’s doing it with the help of … Read more
Event Name: Powell’s book signing with David Herlihy Event Start Date: July 19, 2010 Start Time: 7:30:00 PM Location: Powell’s City of Books. 1005 W Burnside Portland, OR 97209 Web Site: http://www.powells.com Event Description: Meet David Herlihy, the author of The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance and … Read more
Eben “Bike Snob” Weiss in the Wall Street Journal. It was big news on the bikey interwebs yesterday when the man behind the most popular bike blog in the world BikesnobNYC revealed his identity. Eben Weiss is the Bike Snob and his coming out day was a pretty big deal. In addition to his uber-popular … Read more
Cover of The Lost Cyclist. David Herlihy’s forthcoming book, The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance, has a Portland connection that’s over a century old. Herlihy, author of the award-winning Bicycle: The History, got in touch recently to tell us a bit about the story of Frank Lenz, … Read more
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project