Cycling and Society : um livro importante mas pelo preço de uma bicicleta

Dentro da literatura que discute as relações presentes no ciclismo, um título, sem dúvida, da maior importância. Basta olhar para os capítulos: Introduction: cycling and society, Dave Horton, Peter Cox and Paul Rosen; Cycling the city: non-place and the sensory construction of meaning in a mobile practice, Justin Spinney; Capitalising on curiosity: women's professional cycle racing in the late 19th century, Clare Simpson; Barriers to cycling: an exploration of quantitative analyses, John Parkin, Tim Ryley and Tim Jones; Hell is other cyclists: rethinking transport and identity, David Skinner and Paul Rosen; The Flaneur on wheels?, Nicholas Oddy;
Bicycles don't evolve: velomobiles and the modelling of transport technologies, Peter Cox with Frederick Van De Walle; Fear of cycling, Dave Horton; Men, women and the bicycle: gender and social geography of cycling in the late 19th century, Philip Gordon Mackintosh and Glenn Norcliffe; Bicycle messengers: image, identity and community, Ben Fincham;

Sobre o livro, assim se manifesta John Whitelegg, editor de World Transport Policy and Practice
‘This is a very timely book by an impressive list of contributors and it will go a long way to put cycling very firmly on the serious policy agenda. Cycling has an enormous amount to offer to a broad range of societal and policy objectives ranging from improving health to local economic regeneration and combating climate change. This book exposes the full glory of cycling's potential and is most welcome.’

Pena que o livro seja um pouco inacessível para nós ciclistas terceiromundistas. Quem estiver interessado em adquirí-lo, além, claro, do necessário conhecimento de inglês, precisará desembolsar 55 libras esterlinas sem contar o frete. Ou seja, o equivalente ao preço de uma bicicleta.