John Forester (1) (1929–)

Reading an older edition, this was DATED. The chapter on love - "courting" - was particularly charming.

Content-wise, I appreciated most of the author's opinions about biking with traffic, but I think we're past the point of being militantly anti-bike lane. 'Tis the world we live in. His assumption is that ALL cyclists SHOULD aspire to be just like him: a full-time, cycling lifer. He's not living in the world of casual/part-time commuters and errand-running bikers who don't train or think show more particularly deeply about bikes. At all. You can say they SHOULD all you want, but they don't, so the zero-sum approach to infrastructure seems a little pipe dreamish. show less

This is the second, self-published, edition of the book. At the time of publication I thought it absolutely wonderful, and still think very highly of it; it summarizes very well how excellent cyclists think of riding.

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