The softback version of the book has 170,000 words, a 21-page index, 360+ pages and a 16-page colour plate section. The first edition softback was sold out within two weeks of going online. A second edition was published by Island […]
Continue ReadingThe Kindle version of the book – available on Amazon – has a great many illustrations, zoomable text, and has the same 170,000 words as the print book.
Continue ReadingThe colour Kindle version of the book has hi-res illustrations, zoomable text, and has the same 170,000 words as the print book. The cost is £16 (which is about 20.0 Euros, $26, $AU28, $28CAD). The mobi file is available on […]
Continue ReadingThe iPad version of the book has interactive elements, hundreds of illustrations, videos, sound files and more. (Click images to get hi-res.) It also has the same 170,000 words as the print book. The book is available from Apple’s ibookstore. […]
Continue ReadingWhat are these (American) chaps being distracted by? Bicycle belles?
Continue ReadingPro indexer Nicola King has produced this rather superb index for the book. It’s split into an index of names and a general index. Click to make the pages bigger, or download a PDF. Dropping in the index is the […]
Continue ReadingMy book is a niche one but hopefully it will appeal to cyclists and motorists who like their history. Oh, and those interested in how we got our silkily surfaced roads, too. I’m happy to bore anybody silly with the […]
Continue ReadingI’ve not yet done anything with it but I own the domain christona.bike. However, this is the first time I’ve seen God pictured on a bike. It’s from La Vie Électrique, a French science-fiction novel written and illustrated in 1892 […]
Continue ReadingThe book is now being designed. The covers are below, here are a couple of sample spreads. Click to take a closer look. The book will be 246 x 189mm and have getting on for 400 pages. (In short, it’s […]
Continue ReadingCyclists and cycle manufacturers played a major part in the manufacturing, design and sale of the first motor cars in France, America and Germany – and in Great Britain, too: “[A] large number of men who, having made their names […]
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