Introduction
1. Towards a Sociology of Cycles and Cycling
2. Researching Bicycling
3. Materials: Cycle Technologies
4. Environments: Material Spaces of Cycling
5. Exploring (Im)Material Space
6. Competencies: Riding Alone
7. Travelling Together
8. Meanings, Representations and Identities
9. Riding the City: Public Meanings and Cycling Advocacy
Biography
Peter Cox is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chester. He chairs the international network, Scientists for Cycling, which supports the work of the European Cyclists’ Federation and was a founding member of the Cycling and Society Research Group in 2004. Prior to academic life, he ran his own cycle business and still enjoys riding and fixing a variety of cycles, old and new.
'Cycling: A sociology of velomobility is as the title indicates a sociological tome that will please and challenge sociologists of sport and culture, but it is far more than this. It is a must read for urban theorists and planners as well as anyone who lives in the city, regardless of their interest in or association with cycling.'
Duncan R. Jamieson, Ashland University, Ohio
