Talk:Bicycles

Merging of Bicycle Repair
Am I correct in thinking that the Bicycle Repair book is being amalgamated into this one? &mdash; Sam Wilson (Australia) 04:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Top banner for the Bicycles pages
There is a top banner for the bicycles set of pages: it is called  , and when this entry is placed at the top of a page it;
 * automatically places the page in the Bicycles category; (the category tag becomes unnecessary).
 * Makes a top banner with a link to the Bicycles book page in it; that is, the highest level page in the series.  There is also an option called bd that colors the banner if needed.
 * Shouldn't the highest level page be technology? ErikSorensen 27 Dec 2009
 * I think what you mean is shouldn't the subject bicycles be part of the subject technology. If so, this is done in the category / subject hierarchy, not within the book itself. If you click the Bicycles Wikilink at the bottom of the bicycles, where it says "Subjects", it will open the Category page. At the bottom of this page you'll see that Bicycles is part of Human Powered Vehicles, and if you click this it'll take you to the HPV category which is part of the Transportation category and so on. If you think Bicycles should be categorised as a Technology you'd add the category Technology to the category page for Bicycles. [[User:QuiteUnusual|QU] ] TalkQu 09:31, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

I have added it to the first subdivisions of this book page, but there are lots more that might be done. If anybody would care to add these, then please go ahead.

Thanks, Armchair (talk) 10:17, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Project page, style guide
Does this book have a Project page and/or a style guide? They are two things that I would find very useful, would have thought they would have been linked to from here. --Keithonearth (talk) 08:01, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

I am in complete agreement. I've noticed a lot of bouncing about in styles, and this can be confusing for a reader or potential contributor. For instance, it can be as complex as the guides to expand upon in the Maintenance and Repair section, which simply say things like, "article needed." However, subpages in areas like this have a more comprehensive outline of what needs expansion. It can also be as simple as the alternate spellings of tires/tyres that is used throughout the book. -- Cqbarton (talk) 00:32, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Ebikes/pedelecs
Though this book is still a WIP, a section on electric bicycles would be very useful. Looking around, it seems that a lot of the available e-bikes might be decent with the electric assist, but almost completely unusable without it. Massive tyres on something marketed as a city bike, and loads of proprietary components.

Btw, I found out that Arthur Conan Doyle was a cyclist. Dunno if this is the kind of thing this wikibook would see fit to include, but I'll leave it here anyway:


 * When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hopes seem hardly worth having, just mount a bicycle and go for a good spin down the road, without thought of anything but the ride you are taking.
 * Arthur Conan Doyle,

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