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Continue ReadingNow that the book is nearly out I’m taking a rest from writing feature articles on this site. The blog archive is still intact and all of the URLs still work. Here are some of the most read articles on […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingThe book is now in the design stage. A few sample spreads will be uploaded soon but, for now, here are the front and back covers. If you want to be notified when the book is available for sale pop […]
Continue Reading623 of you lovely people voted for the cover you prefer. Thanks for your input. Here are the results: Cover 2 got the most votes (295); cover 3 got the least (122); cover 1 came in second with 206 votes. […]
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