From high-performance cycles to practical run-arounds, conceptual bikes to commercial models, here are the 50 most important, pivotal bicycles from around the world. Contents Includes.

Bike Art pays homage to our two-wheeled friend, presenting works created on walls, canvases, clothing etc around the world.

The racing bikes contained in this book range from unused models to well-ridden but lovingly restored machines from early-20thcentury models featuring wooden wheel rims, to the latest in carbon-fibre and titanium technology.

With brilliant full-color images of each model and chronological text detailing the craftsmanship that went into producing these elegant machines, this book will appeal to bicycle enthusiasts and to anyone interested in design.

There's a certain freewheeling feeling only a bicycle provides. Most of us still recall getting one for our birthday. It's our first vehicle--and often a lifetime favourite! This book profiles all kinds of exceptional bikes.

This book by passionate cyclists Christine Elliott and David Jablonka is the product of a worldwide search for the most influential custom bike makers on the planet.

With lavish color photography, "The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles" charts the development of these machines from the early 1900s through the present day.

The nineteenth century's "mechanical horse" offered an exciting new world of transportation for all and ushered in an era of changes that resonates to the present day, changes cataloged and described in a fascinating history of an ...