The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles: Craftsmanship, Elegance, and Function |  | Author: Jan Heine
Creator: Jean-Pierre Praderes
Publisher: Rizzoli
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 5845
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 168
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0847830942
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780847830947
ASIN: 0847830942
Publication Date: March 24, 2009
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Product Description
The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles is a celebration of the design history and craftsmanship behind this simple but efficient two-wheeled vehicle. Featuring fifty classic models built by hand, this book unveils the bicycle’s technical evolution within a historical context. Beautifully detailed are early-twentieth-century models with multi-gear systems, mid-century machines where war and postwar economy challenged craft and utility, as well as modern and contemporary bicycles. Featured artisans and brands include La Gauloise, Reyhand, Schulz, Barra, Alex Singer, and René Herse. 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.
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A perfect gift for bicyclists ........ September 28, 2009
Jeff Laskowski (Gig Harbor, Washington)
A wonderful collection of hand built bicycles. Oversize book is not too big but large enough to convey the detail, beauty and engineering of these works of art.
LOVED it!! September 27, 2009
Barbara G. Parolari (Modesto, Ca)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm still reading and looking at the pictures in this fabulous book..Great buy. I would recommend it to anyone who loves the history of the bicycle.
review August 28, 2009
Jonty Ritchie (New zealand)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book.Enjoyable text,Very well rendered images.
I'm sure this will provide todays current generation of frame builders with ideas/inspiration.
Fantastic Photography, Beautiful Bikes July 14, 2009
G. R. Smith (Chicago IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book opened up another world for me. The photography is amazing.
I do wish that there was more text, but what is there is fine. More biography of the builders would have been nice...regardless this book is a treasure.
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