| Cyclist's Manifesto: The Case for Riding on Two Wheels Instead of Four Contributor(s): Hurst, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0762751282 ISBN-13: 9780762751280 Publisher: Falcon Press Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: Why we're entering a different phase in the history of energy, why it isn't going to change any time soon, and why the bicycle provides a uniquely empowering way of dealing with it. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Cycling - Transportation |
| Dewey: 796.6 |
| LCCN: 2009005027 |
| Series: Falcon Guide |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.57 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Cyclist's Manifesto makes the most powerful case to date for a simple fact: America can no longer afford to ignore the bicycle as a tool for serious transportation. Robert Hurst takes off his gloves to lay out the case in favor of the bicycle as today's superior mode of transport--and to voice a resounding call to action for people to use it. In an engaging narrative that takes us from the past to the present and into the future, the author visits a surprising variety of places and historical moments. Hurst argues that America's aversion to bicycling for transportation is a unique historical-cultural absurdity based largely on false assumptions and bad information. Humorous but more than a little exasperated, and strikingly nonpartisan, The Cyclist's Manifesto paints a tantalizing picture of just what the effects of substantially increased bicycle usage might be--the health care savings would be astronomical, for example--and the ways that individuals and governments can go about wresting back control over their energy destiny. |