自行车历史，动力学理论，设计。方方面面，将近500页。很难得的资料。
Contents
Preface VII
HUMAN POWER
1 A short history of bicycling 3
2 Human power generation 37
3 Thermal effects on power production (how bicyclists keep cool) 109
II SOME BICYCLE PHYSICS
4 Power and speed 123
5 Bicycle aerodynamics 173
6 Rolling: tires and bearings 207
7 Braking 237
8 Steering and balancing 263
9 Mechanics and mechanisms: power transmission 311
10 Materials and stresses 353
III HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLES AND MACHINES
11 Unusual human-powered machines 399
12 Human-powered vehicles in the future 431
Appendix 457
Timeline 465
Index 473
