Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Spelling and on the Names of Components -- 1 VELOCIPEDES AND THEIR FORERUNNERS -- 2 FRONT DRIVE -- 3 WIRE WHEELS -- 4 INDIRECT DRIVE -- 5 THE SAFETY BICYCLE -- 6 COMFORT -- 7 IMPROVING TRANSMISSION -- 8 BRAKING -- 9 SADDLES, PEDALS, AND HANDLEBARS -- 10 LIGHTING -- 11 LUGGAGE -- 12 RACING BICYCLES -- 13 MILITARY BICYCLES -- 14 MOUNTAIN BIKES -- 15 SMALL-WHEELED BICYCLES -- 16 RECUMBENT BICYCLES -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Select Literature -- References -- Index.