The Bike and Beyond
Life on Two Wheels in Aotearoa New Zealand
Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Health & Well Being, Health
| Author: | Laura Williamson | ISBN: | 9780947518028 |
| Publisher: | Bridget Williams Books | Publication: | October 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | BWB Texts | Language: | English |
| Author: | Laura Williamson |
| ISBN: | 9780947518028 |
| Publisher: | Bridget Williams Books |
| Publication: | October 25, 2016 |
| Imprint: | BWB Texts |
| Language: | English |
The bicycle is a time machine, a link to the past. But sometimes the bicycle also feels like a link to the future not the future we once imagined, the one with flying cars and replicators, but more like the one the Victorians might have pictured: streets crowded with bikes, strange ones of all kinds.'The bicycle cheap, healthy and little-changed in more than a century is, for Laura Williamson, more than just about sport or transport. Riding a bike brings moments of joy, liberation, revolution and change. From cycling suffragists to the Christchurch rebuild, life on two wheels spins us out beyond well-trod paths to a fresh and fast-moving take on New Zealand.
The bicycle is a time machine, a link to the past. But sometimes the bicycle also feels like a link to the future not the future we once imagined, the one with flying cars and replicators, but more like the one the Victorians might have pictured: streets crowded with bikes, strange ones of all kinds.'The bicycle cheap, healthy and little-changed in more than a century is, for Laura Williamson, more than just about sport or transport. Riding a bike brings moments of joy, liberation, revolution and change. From cycling suffragists to the Christchurch rebuild, life on two wheels spins us out beyond well-trod paths to a fresh and fast-moving take on New Zealand.
