Data Book [Paperback]

Noguchi-san (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 24, 2002

A record of all the papers delivered by experts in cycle history from around the world at the 12th International Conference on Cycle History, covering the early days of bicycle technology, social cycling and cycle sport: David Rattray's Flying Scot; Problems surrounding Lefebvre & MacMillan; The Giant Bicycle known as Aellopedes; Hub Gear versus Derailleur efficiency; Dutch cycling champion Japp Eden; The Mystery of Gustav Caillebotte's bicycle; The Bicycle in War, 1945-1975; Mechanical efficiency of Riding Historic Bicycles; William Golding and the Clavinger Cycle Co; Recycling historic saddles; Nicola Bara, a French Framebuilder; The Great American Patent Wars, 1876-1886; A brief history of the International Human Powered Vehicle Association, 1976-1998

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From the Back Cover

The 1935 prototype of what's offered today as the hottest new derailleur design, 100-year old suspension forks, an automatic gear system from 1924, hydraulic brakes from the 1950s. They're all here in The Data Book.

This book is a facsimile reprint edition of The Data Book, first published in 1983 by Mr. Nogushi, president of the Joto Ringyo company. It culminated Mr. Nogushi's long work as a collector and propagator of illustrations of early European bicycle components and accessories.

Some of the materials had first been published by him in four separate volumes, referred to as Data Book 1, 2, 3, and 4, and in a subsequent compendium volume (though significantly less inclusive than the present work), which he referred to as The Joyful Bicycle.

This facsimile reprint edition is identical to the original in all respects, including binding style, trim size, and page numbering. In addition, it contains English translations of the Japanese texts found on the introductory page and elsewhere in the book. The publisher of this edition is indebted to Ms. Fumiyo Nogushi, Mr. Nogushi's daughter, for her kind help and encouragement. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 209 pages
• Publisher: Van Der Plas Publications (June 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892495090
• ISBN-13: 978-1892495099
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,022,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For obsessive bike collectors, mechanics, or framebuilders., May 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 100 Years of Bicycle Component and Accessory Design: Authentic Reprint Edition of The Data Book (Hardcover)

The edition of "The Data Book" that I own has all of its text--what little there is--in Japanese. The book is almost all pictures, all of those line drawings, and most from the late French illustrator Daniel Rebour, the best technical illustrator that the bicycle world has ever been blessed with. I am a professional bike mechanic and an amateur custom frame builder who reveres French machines of the 40's to the 60's. Most of the illustrations in this book are from 1948 to 1959--where the chronology stops. When I first purchase it, I looked through it several times a day, now it's kind of a security blanket and in- spiration that I grab after a hard day in the shop or before tackling a tough frame repair on one of my days off. The cyclist without a long time in the sport will read this and be shocked at the "nothing new under the sun" feeling the book will bring on. Anatomically kind saddles? Since the turn of the (last) century. Shock forks? 1935. Internally routed cables? 40's and 50's. What can I say; no text and drawings only, and it has something to interest every cyclist.