Bike Life

An Illustrated Guide to Riding, Fixing, and Loving Your Bike

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Pub Date 24 Jun 2025 | Archive Date 23 Jun 2025

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Constantly on the move, Adrien Zammit is a true cycling enthusiast. He knows the ins and outs of every aspect of bicycles and bike riding, from mechanics and maintenance to the philosophy and advocacy to make cycling a safe and enjoyable way to get around. Economical, ecological, practical, good for your health—it’s the ideal transport, whether you’re commuting and running errands or leaving all cares behind on a weekend pleasure ride. This guide is aimed at everyone, from experienced to aspiring cyclists, and reveals everything there is to know to make the most of your cycling journeys. Getting from point A to B will never be the same!

Constantly on the move, Adrien Zammit is a true cycling enthusiast. He knows the ins and outs of every aspect of bicycles and bike riding, from mechanics and maintenance to the philosophy and...


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ISBN 9781891011955
PRICE US$18.95 (USD)
PAGES 144

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Thank you to Net Galley for an advanced reader copy of this great book. To be honest, at nearly 40 I can barely ride a bike, and know basically nothing about bikes. UNTIL NOW! There’s so much information about bikes that I didn’t even realize existed. More types of bikes, things to maintain and so much other information packed into this illustrated guide.

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I have been a life-long cyclist, and several facets of the book resonated with me. I found the advice for novice cyclists excellent with a message of not pushing oneself too much, of not taking unnecessary risks - a sort of start slow, build up slow. I also liked that recommendations weren’t necessarily for the most expensive, top of the line equipment. The book is very detailed, but never gets bogged down. And there is some humour, which I appreciated. My only real quibble about the book were the winter cycling recommendations which really don’t hold up well in my part of Canada. Thank you to Netgalley and The Experiment for the advance reader copy.

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In Bike Life, Zammit presents us the most useful information about cycling and bikes via his eye-catching illustrations and great explanations.
This is my favourite cycling book so far.
Zammit introduces us to the history of bikes, different types of bike, bike physics and mechanics, what to do in case of a problem. gears, tools, how to fix common bike problems, safety, the joys of cycling, how to be more confident a cyclist, the zen of it, and many more topics.
It is also a detailed and nuanced book.
Loved it, Will certainly purchase it and gift it. It is one of those reference books that you would like in your library. My child will learn a lot from it too.
Exciting.

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