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"John Forester's Effective Cycling continues and expands his mission to make bicycling easy, enjoyable, rewarding and responsible. He recognizes that most USauthorities put cyclists into an inferior status, and therefore into a dilemma, and conveys to them the attitude and the rules with which they can be appreciated and responsible road users. This book should be read by all cyclists, and especially by all 'authorities.'"—David GordonWilson, MIT Mechanical Engineering; author of BicyclingScience"I have used previous editions of Effective Cycling as my go-to source for some 35 years. It is comprehensive, based on irrefutable logic and scientific data,and easily understandable."—Bill Hoffman, Former Director, League ofAmerican Bicyclists
"As a lifelong bicyclist, I didn't realize my eyes were wide shut with respect to bicycling matters until I first read Effective Cycling, fourth edition, in1988 at age 30. John Forester's seminal, expansive, and tireless work in educating bicyclists and protecting the rights of bicyclists as drivers of vehicles has been incalculably valuable to me and countless thousands of others who pedal for fun and utility."—Wayne Pein,Bicycling Matters
Overview
In this new edition of his classic introductory work, Forester reasserts this idea in terms of practice and education as well as theory while also addressing -- among much else -- the two major forces that have shaped bicycling since the early 1980s: the proliferation...