Featuring over 1000 technical illustrations of bicycle components, this text provides technical details of bicycle construction and technology collected from European cycling periodicals and manufacturers' catalogues dating from 1822 to 1959, including: the 1935 prototype of the derailleur design; 100-year-old suspension forks; the automatic gear system from 1924; and hydraulic brakes from the 1950s.
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Seller: Salish Sea Books, Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Good++; Hardcover, Missing Jacket; Light wear to the covers; Unblemished textblock edges; Tiny spot-mark to the edge of the last few pages, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75" - 10.75" tall); 1.7 lbs; Dark blue cloth covers with title in silver lettering along the spine; 1998, Van der Plas Publishing; 216 pages; "The Data Book: 100 Years of Innovation in Bicycle Component & Accessory Design," by Noguchi-san. Seller Inventory # SKU-0615AK03910226