No. 8 Re-wired is a comprehensive, colourful treasury of New Zealand inventions – jam-packed with the stories behind 202 home-grown creations and the crafty people who dreamt them up.

Videotape shows many of the bicycle models in operation and shows their features and performance on roads.

... bikes also took the European market by storm. The modern components giant Shimano also underwent a boom thanks to countless technical mountain bike innovations. The first mountain bike races on Mount Tamalpais were downhills with a mass ...

These are the best bikes to be found anywhere right now, giving every kind of cyclist an overview of what is out there.

... bicycle is left behind near a bus stop (or worse, if it is spotted next to someone's home — chained). Rather than analysing now why people throw bicycles from HDB blocks (as happened recently), let us take a step back and analyse the new ...

... bike innovations, like branding, endorsements, clothing—you know, all the fun stuff. It would save me time if we had a point person for that activity. It may be too early to assign a product director to manage this product line or value ...

This volume also features iconic bicycles that played an important role in the history of the sport, from the bicycle that sent Eddy Merckx over the finish line in his last world championship win, to those of tandem teams who tackled the ...

Shows most of the featured cycles in action, and covers other cycling themes.

With such enthusiasts in mind, Bike! Is the first book to be produced on the history of the world's most famous racing-bike and component manufacturers.

Through a historical analysis of the bicycle industry, this book explores how the bicycle was developed, manufactured and marketed, from its origins in the late nineteenth century to the present day.