History of the bicycle. Fast feet

Authors: Vladimir Fomin, Victoria Popova
Illustrator: Victoria Popova
Publisher: Belaya Vorona / Albus Corvus-
Series: Out of Series
Age: 6–9
ISBN: 978-5-00114-409-0
Pages: 32
Cover: Hardcover
Size: 330x267
Weight: 0.450

Many of us have known bicycles since childhood. We ride them to work and use them to carry cargo, set records, and travel around the world. Bicycles can be found almost everywhere. In some countries, there are more bicycles than people. They are so commonplace that we rarely think about how and when they were invented. Yet they are a relatively recent invention—a fine illustration of the technological progress of recent centuries and, to some extent, one of the driving forces behind it. Simple in appearance, the bicycle incorporates the most advanced technological achievements—from vulcanized rubber and ball bearings to carbon fiber and computer-aided aerodynamics.

Every time we look at a bicycle, we admire its elegant simplicity, which, upon closer inspection, reveals the fruits of the work of countless people. This book provides a brief but vivid account of the history of the bicycle, its evolution, its impact on society, and the main elements of its design.

The history of the bicycle is a story of the most advanced technological achievements, a revolution in thinking, and a transformation of the face of cities.

•  Victoria Popova's magnificent illustrations are vivid and technically accurate.
• An account of the main stages in the development of this world-famous means of transport.
•  An overview of the main disciplines of modern cycling—mountain biking.
• A chapter is devoted to how the bicycle helped expand women's rights.
•  In 2022, the book received the IJungle Illustration Awards.

Vladimir Fomin — engineer, industrial automation specialist, and avid cycling enthusiast.

Victoria Popova — illustrator. Born in Moscow.  In 2006, she graduated from the Moscow Academic Lyceum of Art and Design. In 2012, she graduated from GITIS, specializing in theatre and film design. She has been working as an illustrator since 2012. She has worked with the following publishers: Samokat, Belaya Vorona, Nigma, Eksmo, Rosman, Nikeya, and Peshkom v Istoriu. In 2020, her illustrations for the book The Theatre of Gianni Rodari were included in the Mondadori edition Gianni Rodari. Opere. In 2020, the book Ot 1 do 10 was a finalist in The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase, and in 2022, the book Volshebny les. Ot A do ya was also a finalist. For Belaya Vorona, Vika illustrated almost all of Maria Gripe's and Jean-Claude Marilou's books, Ingrid Veldman's Neprostye chisla, Christine Nöstlinger's Ilza Yanda — let chetyrnadtsat, and The Theatre of Gianni Rodari.