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How Cinelli Revolutionized the Art and Design of the Bicycle
How Cinelli Revolutionized the Art and Design of the Bicycle

A visual history of how Italian designer Cino Cinelli shaped the standards for modern cycling.

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Displays of Affection: Iconic French Cartoonist Sempé Explores Relationship Clichés
Displays of Affection: Iconic French Cartoonist Sempé Explores Relationship Clichés

Charming illustrated voyeurism into the lives of people falling in and out of love.

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Glorious Vintage Photos of Early Australian Bike Culture from the Beginning of the 20th Century
Glorious Vintage Photos of Early Australian Bike Culture from the Beginning of the 20th Century

What a handlebar koala has to do with skipping 1000 miles from Melbourne to Adelaide.

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How the Dutch Got Their Bike Paths
How the Dutch Got Their Bike Paths

What The Netherlands can teach us about child safety and mass protests as effective policy-benders.

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The 11 Best Photography Books of 2011
The 11 Best Photography Books of 2011

What the world’s last living nomads have to do with Victorian strongwomen, tweed, and the unseen Beatles.

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An Illustrated Vintage Bicycle Safety Manual circa 1969
An Illustrated Vintage Bicycle Safety Manual circa 1969

Keep your head up, your speed down, and your hands on those handlebars — or else!

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How a Bicycle Is Made
How a Bicycle Is Made

All you ever wondered about how handlebars are bent, why mudguards exist, and where lubricant comes from.

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Pedaling Progress: The Dutch Queen Juliana Riding a Bike, 1967
Pedaling Progress: The Dutch Queen Juliana Riding a Bike, 1967

The pursuit of national happiness on two wheels.

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Bike Art: Bicycles in Art Around the World
Bike Art: Bicycles in Art Around the World

A two-wheel canvas for creativity, or what pedals have to do with pedestals.

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The Holstee LifeCycle Film: Visual Poetry for Bike-Lovers and Creators
The Holstee LifeCycle Film: Visual Poetry for Bike-Lovers and Creators

“Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them.”

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