Just added to UrbanVeloStore.com, CARtoons is an incredible collection of biting cartoons from Andy Singer, as featured on the back page of each Urban Velo. Includes quotes, and succinct information presenting a personal and provocative look at our relationship with the automobile; from Ford’s first assembly lines to today’s ‘drive-through’ society.

From the author of Chainbreaker and A Rough Guide to Bicycle Maintenance comes The Chainbreaker Bike Book. This book includes those titles and more in one 252 page volume. A hand-illustrated and accesible introduction to the world of bike repair! Through working at both Plan B Bike Project and French Quarter Bicycles in New Orleans, our co-authors have gathered a wealth of experience to share with would-be mechanics.

Back in 1981, Eugene Sloane’s Bicycle Maintenance Manual was considered the standard guide for bike shops and experts in the field. For the bike nut, it’s a really cool look into bicycle maintenance from a perspective of 25 years ago. These are used copies of this out of print book, and are in good condition but not perfect. Few things in life are, and books like this are meant to be greasy. Also check out Sloane’s Handy Pocket Guide, a somewhat dated but still valuable book that includes emergency repair info and a list of all the tools you’ll need on a bike trip.

Lincoln Ve-Low #12 is now in stock, as are all 11 back issues. The latest issue features CVO at the 2007 Homie Fall Fest—reported the only way CVO knows how. Cornbread on racing ‘cross in all it’s glory and misery, Bill Moser rode his bike to all 93 counties in the great state of Nebraska and is here to tell you about it, plus music, music and more music.

And when you get tired of reading, pop in the From Portland with Bike Love DVD. A collection of short videos made in Portland about bicycles. The films are really creative and varied. If you’ve been hearing a lot about all of the crazy bicycle stuff in Portland but didn’t really know what was going on, this is a good introduction to it. Many of the facets of the Portland alternative bike community are represented here including ZooBomb, Bike Polo, Chunk 666, bike hauling and transportation, and some more creative artistic things (like the bicycle audio project). You can even download low-res versions of the videos online.

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