My Cool Bike ‘An inspirational guide to bikes and bike culture‘ is a nice coffee book table with lots of diverse pictures of cyclists and bicycles.
If will appeal to those who like the more ‘trendy’ ‘cool’ aspect of cycling. A celebration of ‘cycle chic’ The pictures and photos are probably the main attraction, and it’s generally very good photography.
It’s not all about the super trendy cycle chic though. There’s some nice sections on unusual cycling events and groups such as l’eroica (an amateur event, where everyone must ride pre 1978 bikes and clothes)
and ‘The Thursday Club’
- a mixture of ex pro-cyclists and seasoned cyclists all of whom, in the politest term, are senior in years. Our youngest member is 55 and most senior 93.
We keep things informal and only have minimal rules: no woman (not politically correct nowadays) and you can die on Thursday – but don’t have your funeral on a Thursday, as that would spoil a good day’s cycling Macabre, yes, but you have to laugh about these things at our time in life.
It touches on everything from the bicycle library to the ministry of bicycles and how a Royal Mail bicycle managed to make its way from England to South Africa to New York.
With so many books on cycling coming out, it can be hard to offer something new. But, this book surprised me in finding many interesting chapters about cycling I’d never come across before. To be honest, I had fairly low expectations, expecting just a few Rapha style clothes and cycle chic type bike photos. But, some of the chapters were quite interesting. The text isn’t too long or detailed. But, who wants to read, when you can look at nice pictures of bicycles?
My Cool Bike: An Inspirational Guide to Bikes and Bike Culture – at Amazon
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