Routledge Companion to Cycling

Routledge Companion toCycling presents a comprehensive overview of an artefact that throughout the modern era has been a bellwether indicator of the major social, economic and environmental trends that have permeated society The volume synthesizes a rapidly growing body of research on the bicycle, its past and present uses, its technological evolution, its use in diverse geographical settings, its aesthetics and its deployment in art and literature. From its origins in early modern carriage technology in Germany, it has generated what is now a vast, multi-disciplinary literature encompassing a wide range of issues in countries throughout the world.

An Introduction to The Companion to Cycling Glen Norcliffe Section 1: Cycling and Society: An Introduction Introduction to Section 1 Peter Cox 1. Theorising Cycling Peter Cox 2. Cycling and Gender: Past, Present and Paths Ahead Jennifer Bonham and Kat Jungnicklel 3. The Precarious Work of Platform Cycle Delivery Workers Cosmin Popan and Esther Anaya-Boig. 4. The Sociality of Cycling Simon Batterbury and Alejandro Manga Vignette A: Black Cyclists Matter: Major Taylor – Au Parc des Princes 1901. Andrew Ritchie. 5. Programs for Cycling Inclusion Angela van der Kloof 6. The Potential of "Bike-like" Vehicles to Provide Big Wins for Climate Change, Safety and Justice Kevin J. Krizek. 7. Mobility, Freedom and Self-determination: The Benefits (and Barriers) to Disabled People Cycling Kay Inckle. Section 2: Cycle Technology Introduction to Section 2 Tony Hadland. 8. Configurations of Cycles Hans-Erhard Lessing. 9. Frames and materials Dave Minter 10. Wheels and Shock Absorption Tony Hadland 11. Transmission and Brakes Dan Farrell 12. Passenger Carrying David Henshaw Vignette B: Micromobility in Rwanda: Hilary Angus. 13. Cycling Technologies and Disability Ron Buliung, Annika Kruse, Glen Norcliffe, and John Radford. Section 3: The Cycling Economy: An Introduction Introduction to Section 3 Glen Norcliffe. 14. The Global Bicycle Industry Glen Norcliffe and Boyang Gao. 15. The Value Chains and Production Clusters of Taiwan’s Bicycle Industry Cheng-Mei Tung 16. Bicycle Trade Shows as Transactional Spaces Michael Andreae and Glen Norcliffe. 17. Retailing Bicycles Jay Townley, Bradley Hughes and Michael Fritz 18. On the Shoulders of Giant: Cluster Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Taiwanese Bicycle Industry Yu-chun Lin. 19. Street Trades and Work Cycles Claudio Sarmiento-Casas, Vignette C: Mobile cycle repairing in Beijing: Tian Yun SECTION 4: URBAN CYCLING: An Introduction Introduction to Section 4 Sheila Hanlon 20. Cycling Infrastructure: Planning Cycle Networks John Parkin. Vignette D: Cycling infrastructure in Lund, Sweden. Till Koglin. 21. Situating the Mobility Fix of Contemporary Urban Cycling Policy Justin Spinney 22. Making Space for Cycling Sergio Montero Munoz and Paola Castenada Vignette E: B2W Indonesia and the re-cycling of Jakarta: Purwanto Setiani 23. Shared Micromobility: Policy, Practices, and Emerging Futures Susan Shaheen, Adam Cohen and Jacquelyn Broader 24. E-bikes: Expanding the Practice of Cycling? Dimitri Marincek and Patrick Rérat 25. Cycling Safety as Mobility Justice Léa Ravensbergen, Ron Buliung and Ahmed El-Geneidy Section 5: Sport Cycling, Health and Lifestyles: An Introduction Introduction to Section 5 Tim Jones 26. Amateur Sport Cycling: The Rise of the MAMIL. Tim Jones 27. Professional Road Cycling Daam Van Reeth Vignette F: In the peloton. Michael Barry. 28. Off-road Cycling Karen McCormack and Ben Osborn 29. Track Cycling Michael Jordan Vignette G: Keirin culture: Keizo Kobayashi. 30. Health Benefits of Cycling Adrian Bauman, Sylvia Titze and Pekka Oja 31. Doping in Cycling: Past, Present and Future Trends Charlotte Smith, SECTION 6: PLACES OF CYCLING: An Introduction Introduction to Section 6 Luis Vivanco Vignette H: Early Cycling in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris. David Herlihy. 32. Cycling’s Symphony of Place Robert McCullough Vignette I: Constructing peaceful places through bicycles. Jeanette Steinmann, Mitchell McSweeney, Lyndsay Hayhurst & Brian Wilson. 33. In Quest of Adventures Duncan Jamieson Vignette J: Winter cycling: Montreal’s four-season bicycle network Bartek Komoroski and Kevin Manaugh. 34. The Africanized Bicycle Hans Peter Hahn Vignette K: The Devil’s Chariot: women cycling in the Middle East. Alon Raab 35. Cycling in Indian Cities: Between Everyday Cyclists and Affluent Cyclists Rutul Joshi and Jacob Baby. 36. The Rise the "Kingdom of Bicycles" Xu Tao 37. Copenhagen is a good place to bike – but it could be better… Malene Freudendahl-Petersen. Vignette L: Beach Road, Melbourne. Charlie Farren. 38. Bogotá: Perspectives on the "World bike capital" Luis Vivanco. Section 7: The Visual Culture of Cycling Introduction to Section 7 Nicholas Oddy 39. The Machine Aesthetic: The Visual Identity of the Bicycle and Its Representation in Advertising and Artefacts Nicholas Oddy. 40. Dressed to Ride Emma Hilborn. 41. Cycle Posters of The Belle Époque: Nadine Besse. 42. Art and the Cycle Scotford Lawrence Vignette M: The space between: Hilary Norcliffe. 43. Cycling and Cinema: Revolutionary Films Bruce Bennett Section 8: Cycling in Literature: An Introduction Introduction to Section 8 Una Brogan 44. The Bicycle and the Creative Pursuit in French Literature Edward Nye. 45. The Liberating Bicycle in Literature Jeremy Withers. 46. Cycling humor in turn-of-the-century literature Una Brogan. 47. On Bards on Bicycles: The Art of Cycling Poetry Justin Daniel Belmont 48. "The stutter of the world beneath you": The Literature of Cycle Travel Dave Buchanan

Glen Norcliffe is an Emeritus Professor of Geography at York University, Canada. Una Brogan is a translator and independent researcher from Northern Ireland, UK. Peter Cox is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Chester, UK. Boyang Gao is Professor of Urban and Real Estate Management, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing. Tony Hadland is a Chartered Building Surveyor and historian living in Oxfordshire, UK. Sheila Hanlon is a historian specialising in the history of women’s cycling works with a number of organizations such as Cycling UK and the Cycling History Education Trust. Tim Jones is Reader in Urban Mobility in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Nicholas Oddy is Head of Department of Design History & Theory at Glasgow School of Art, UK. Luis Vivanco is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Humanities Center at the University of Vermont, USA.