Easy Rider Road Book: A Tour through the Wild and Inspiring Side of Bicycle Culture - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3775755705 ISBN 13: 9783775755702

Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2023

Synopsis

The Bicycle as a Utopia

Cycling is not just a form of locomotion. Bike culture is in constant interaction with fashion, music, design, politics and urban planning. Cycling is a way of life and a form of protest. The Easy Rider Road Book shows the wild, subversive side of cycling and the powerful bond it can create between people. It aims to inspire utopian thinking and show where the bike can take us. The pioneers of this new bike culture can be found in subcultures across the globe.

In New York and Berlin, bike punks are building both fantastic and sustainable vehicles out of scrap metal and old bike frames. Riding a bike is a form of emancipation: When thousands of teenagers ride through London during BikeStormz, they are expressing their hope for a better future. Similarly, the Chilangos Lowbike Club’s Sunday rides through Mexico City are a symbol against violence. The bicycle is a promise of freedom. This book presents the bicycle as a vehicle for communal action that has the potential to change life in the city and, ultimately, the city itself.

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From the Back Cover

A visual celebration of cycling as a way of life and a form of protest.

Subtitled "a tour through the wild and inspiring side of bicycle culture," Easy Rider Road Book offers an illustrated guide to cycling's subversive potential and the powerful bonds it can create among people. Bike culture, in constant interaction with fashion, music, design, politics and urban planning, can inspire radical and utopian thinking.
The pioneers of this new bike culture can be found in subcultures across the globe. In New York and Berlin, bike punks are building fantastic and sustainable vehicles out of scrap metal and old bike frames. When thousands of teenagers ride through London during BikeStormz, they are expressing their hope for a better future. Similarly, the Chilangos Lowbike Club's Sunday rides through Mexico City are a symbol of opposition to violence. This book presents the bicycle as a vehicle for communal action that has the potential to change life in the city and, ultimately, the city itself.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3775755705
• ISBN 13: 9783775755702
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 188
• Editor: Fesel Anke, Keller Chris