Jaccon Gilbert

Le Livre de mes Rayons du Centre

(Tome 1)

Auteur : Gilbert Jaccon

Les Rayons du Centre de la France sont des randonnées cyclistes de 220 à 250 Km, au départ de (ou arrivée à) Bruère-Allichamps, village du département de Cher 18100  situé au centre de la France.

Le créateur de ces randonnées, ‘au coeur de la France profonde’, est un cyclotouriste hors norme : Patrick Plaine.

2015- 224 pages - http://www.lulu.com/shop/gilbert-jaccon/le-livre-de-mes-r...

Prix: 30

Guroff Margaret

The Mechanical Horse : How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life (Discovering America)

Auteur : Margaret Guroff

With cities across the country adding miles of bike lanes and building bikeshare stations, bicycling is enjoying a new of popularity in America. It seems that every generation or two, Americans rediscover the freedom of movement, convenience. And relative affordability of the bicycle. The earliest two-wheeler, the draisine, arrived in Philadelphia in 1819 and astonished onlookers with the possibility of propelling themselves ‘like lightning.’ Two centuries later, the bicycle is still the fastest way to cover ground on gridlocked city streets. Filled with lively stories, The Mechanical Horse reveals how the bicycle transformed American life. As bicycling caught on in the nineteenth century, many of the counytry’s rough, rutted roads were paved for the first time, laying a foundation for the interstate highway system. Cyclists were among the first to see the possibilities of self-directed, long-distance travel, and some of them (including a fellow named Henry Ford) went on to develop the automobile. Women shed their cumbersome Victorian dresses as well as their restricted gender roles, so they could ride. And which helped to modernize medicine. Margaret Guroff demonstrates that the bicycle’s story is really the story of a more mobile America, one in which physical mobilility has opened wider horizons of thought and new opportunities for people in all avenues of life.

2016- 216 pages – Publisher University of Texas Press – http://www.amazon.com/The-Mechanical-Horse-Reshaped-Disco...

Prix : 19,56 $

McCullough Robert L.

 

Old Wheelways

TRACES OF BICYCLE HISTORY ON THE LAND

Auteur : Robert L. McCullough

In the later part of the nineteenth century, American bicycliste were explorers, cycling through both charted and uncharted territory. These wheelmen and wheelwomen became keen observers of suburban and rural landscapes, and left copious records of their journeys – in travel narratives, journalism, maps, photographs, illustrations. They were also instrumental in the construction of roads and paths (wheelways) – building them, funding them, and lobbying legislators for them. Their explorations shaped the landscape and the way we look at it, yet with few exceptions their writings have been largely overlooked by landscape scholars, and many of the paths cyclists cleared have disappeared. In Old Wheelways, Robert McCullough restores the pioneering cyclists of the nineteenth century to the history of American landscapes. McCullough recounts marathon cycling trips around the Northeast undertaken by hardy cyclists, who then describe their journeys in such magazine as The Wheelman Illustrated and Bicycling World, the work of illustrators (including Childe Hassam, before his fame as a painter), efforts by cyclists to build better rural roads and bicycle paths, and conflicts with park planners, including the famous Olmsted firm, who often opposed separate paths for bicycles. Today’s ubiquitous bicycle lanes owe their origins to nineteenth century version, including New York City’s ‘asphalt ribbons.’ Long before there were ‘rails to trails,’there was a movement to adapt existing passageways – including aqueduct corridors, trolley rights-of-way, and canal towpaths – for bicycling. The campaigns for wheelways, McCullough piont out, offer a prologue to nearly every obstacle faced by those advocating bicycle paths and lanes today. McCullough’s text is enrichep by more than one hundred historic images of cyclists (often attired in skirts and bonnets, suits and ties), country lanes, and city streets.

2015- 384 pages – Éditions Mit Pr - http://www.amazon.com/Old-Wheelways-Traces-Bicycle-Histor...

Prix : 25,86 $

City Cycling

City Cycling Europe

Created by : Andrew Edwards & Max Leonard

Slipcased set of 8 papeback volumes, including Paris, Milan, London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Barcelona, Antwerp & Ghent and Amsterdam

(In association with Rapha Racing)

‘Containing everything you’d need to know for a two-wheeled break in each of these exciting cities from bike hire and local schemes to wifi and coffee shops, there’s everything you need for a memorable saddle based stay’

- Proper ‘Just the ticket for a break away. Learn local cycling etiquette, discover the best hire schemes and hot spots to zip off to... beautifully illustrated’

- The Gloss ‘ The pocket-sized books cover eight bike-friendly European cities, from Berlin to Copenhagen, with route maps and tips on the best pitstops. But what really makes them stand out are the idiosyncratic illustrations from local artists from each city. I’m coveting one and I don’t even own a bike’

- The Observer ‘The best way to get to know any city is by bike – from the corsi of Milan to the bridges of Amsterdam. From coffee in one neighbourhood to lunch on the other side of town, via museums, galleries and parks, the town is yours when you ride ‘.

2013- 456 pages. http://www.thamesandhudson.com

Prix : £25

Lescop Marguerite

Le tour de ma vie en 80 ans

Auteur : Marguerite Lescop

Née à Longueuil en 1915, Marguerite Lescop a eu une vie très remplie et est loin d’être une femme ordinaire ! Mère de sept enfants, elle sera tour à tour enseignante à l’école de personnalité Dale Carnegie à Montréal et à Burlington aux Etats-Unis, fondatrice d’une école d’amaigrissement, conférencière, missionnaire laïque au Guatemala, et bien sûr... grand-mère à temps plein ! C’est avec légèreté et humour qu’elle raconte sa vie dans ce livre que l’on dévore comme un roman.

« Un hymne à la vie simplement contagieux. »

(Pierre Roy – LaTribune).

2007- 294 pages - Éditeur : Guy Saint Jean Éditeur – Laval Canada http://saint-jeanediteur.com

Prix : 19,95$

Publié par l'auteure 

Dépôt légal Bibliothèque nationale du Québec - 1996.

Ehmann & Klanten

VÉLO - 2 ND GEAR

Bicycle culture and style

Éditors : S. Ehmann & R. Klanten

About this book : Choosing to ride a particular bike conveys an attitude and a way of life. Vélo-2 nd Gear illuminates and celebrates contemporary bicycle culture’s diverse scenes. From classic racing bikes to hightech speed machines, from rough fixies to fashionable city cruisers and hardworking cargo bikes, this book showcases today’s most outstanding and unusual bicycles and their riders. Vélo- 2 nd Gear not only introduces coveted manufactureres, specialized boutiques, and historical tours. It also explains how each bike-related scene cultivates its own distinct codes through the choiceof certain frames, jerseys, caps, or bags or by visiting specific events or key establishments. In doing so, the book shows why, for more and more people, bicycles have now replaced cars as the vehicles that best express their identity.

2013- 256 pages – Éditions : Gestalten – http://shop.gestalten.com

Prix : 38 €

Belando Laurent

Vélos urbains
De la roue libre au fixie

Auteur : Laurent Belando

 

Le vélo en ville est un art de vivre ! De la roue libre au fixie, 192 pages de beaux vélos à offrir à tous les amoureux de cycles et de la pratique cycliste en ville. Depuis quelques années, le vélo s’est imposé dans les grandes villes et capitales du monde entier. Depuis l’apparition du Vélib’ à Paris, du Velov’ à Lyon etc, et des nombreuses pistes cyclables qui traversent désormais les grandes villes de France, les boutiques de vélo fleurissent et remportent un vif succès. Vélos électriques, vélos hollandais, vélos vintage, vélo de courses, fixie, et VTT, il y en a pour tous les goûts !
Plus que n’importe quel moyen de transport, il est surtout synonyme de plaisir ! Plaisir de se déplacer et plaisir d’avoir aussi le bon accessoire et le beau vélo ! Outre son caractère écologique, le vélo est aussi synonyme de liberté. Parmi le développement du vélo en ville de ces dernières années, il y a un phénomène qui a connu un grand essor et c’est sans conteste celui du fixie ou vélo à pignon fixe. Avec lui le vélo retrouve la côte, car on aime son design simple et épuré, son côté vintage et son style urbain.
C’est au fil des 4 chapitres largement illustrés que l’auteur Laurent Belando, souhaite faire partager sa passion pour le vélo urbain et nous présenter ceux qui ne pourraient plus se passer de leur vélo aujourd’hui ! En restant dans l’univers du vélo en ville, l’ouvrage s’articule autour de son histoire, de son esthétique Lifestyle véhiculé par ce mouvement et ses différentes pratiques, afin d’orienter le mieux, le lecteur dans le choix du type de vélo qui conviendra le mieux et lui proposer à la fin de l’ouvrage un chapitre technique pour restaurer lui même le vélo de son grand-père, pour en faire un authentique fixie de conversion !

 

2015 – 192 pages – Éditions Tana.

Prix : 15,99 €

Nicky Slade

The cyclist’s anthology

Compiled by : Nicky Slade

In this fascinating anthology on cycling and journeys by bicycle, Nicky Slade has drawn on the writings of more than 50 literary figures and famous personalities : J. G. Ballard, John Betjeman, Quentin Blake, Arthur conan Doyle, E. M. Forster, Ernest Hemingway, Jerome K. Jerome, D.H. Mawrence, Somerset Maugham, Dervla Murphy, Eric Newby, Dorothy Sayers, Mark Twain, H.G. Wells and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins among many Others.

2015- 160 pages. Ed : Trailblazer Publications. http://www.trailblazer-guides.com

Prix : 14,60 €