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James Longhurst
@jameslonghurst.bsky.social
college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.
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Oh hey, many new followers because of the bike community starter pack. Hello, I'm James Longhurst, a historian of urban and environmental policy. I wrote about the history of bike policy in the United States a few years ago; available from @uwapress.bsky.socialuwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...

Bike Battles
Bike Battles

Americans have been riding bikes for more than a century now. So why are most American cities still so ill-prepared to handle cyclists? James Longhurst, a hi...

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MBmurphyb.bsky.social

Thanks, just put this on hold with my library

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Ssundance-bike.bsky.social

Nice looking book James!

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Bike Battles is also available in Spanish translation from Katakrak Press, with the best cover illustration known to mankind. Absolutely bonkers, I take no credit for this and have no idea what is going on. katakrak.net/cas/editoria...

An absolutely insane book cover for "Las Batallas de la Bici" from Katakrak Press, with a woman . . . in a black and white photo . . . on a bike, with . . . tights and shorts? but also a blouse and maybe a beret . . . AND A TOMMY GUN . . .and maybe devil wings?  I dunno. In a chain ring. I have no idea what is going on there.
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James Longhurst
@jameslonghurst.bsky.social
college professor in the U.S. Midwest (all views mine); author of "Bike Battles: A History of Sharing the American Road" / "Las Batallas de la Bici." Shop intern, historian of urban and environmental policy, gravel grinder.
869 followers408 following2.1k posts