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Richard's Bicycle Book is great, 2nd edition (i think - i'll check when I get home) from about 1990. It's not just a tech manual but has lots of thoughtful and interesting musings/ramblings, and some nice illustrations. I've been hankering after a Speedy (recumbent trike) ever since but somehow never got round to it (probably something to do with not having a garage and 2000 clams to spare!). I think there was a later full colour hardback edition but it seemed to have lost the charm of the earlier editions.