The glorious Bike: a new guide for lovers of two wheels
Pedaling is increasingly fashionable and the bike lanes is growing inside and outside of the major urban centres. Many are those who prefer this means of transport, not only for economic reasons but also of health.Laura Alves and Pedro Carvalho, journalists but also lovers of bicycles, launch now the "Glorious Bike", a book that is intended to be a compendium of customs, emotions and clouds on two wheels.The authors retreat until the invention of the bicycle and tell the story of its evolution, from the celerÃfero to the modern bicycle. However, the "Glorious Bike" aims to be a practical guide more than history.On more than 170 pages, in addition to pointing the typical benefits of cycling, the authors suggest a number of advice for beginners of two wheels: how to choose a saddle that don't hurt, avoid falling on the tracks of tram and ride safely in large cities or tips to avoid muscle pain.For lovers of the mechanical side of the bicycle, Laura Alves and Pedro Carvalho still feature the various types of bikes that the market offers as well as its composition.In the Glorious Bike "" there's still room for an approach to the new tribes of cyclists and the authors dare even rating in "species" users of two wheels. The "betetista" or "delusional hipster fixed wheel" is one of them.The book launch is scheduled for the day 14 November at 6:30 pm in the bookstore Read Slowly in Lx Factory. The presentation will be in charge of the journalist Victor Belanciano.Photo: under Creative Commons license
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