Tom Ambrose. “Illustrated in full color with a wide range of photographs, The History of Cycling in Fifty Bikes tells the story of the bicycle through 50 iconic machines, spanning the full timeline of bike evolution, from primitive wooden two-wheelers to today’s carbon-fiber super bikes to the futuristic designs now on the horizon. At once retrospective and forward-looking, this book celebrates all that is great about one of the world’s greatest inventions.”