The launch date for the new London Cyclist eBook is set: 17th of July 2012. But if you want to get your hands on a copy before everyone else (for Kindle, iPad, Google Nexus, laptop or pretty much any digital device) then help me come up with a strapline!
The handbook has six distinct sections:
- Getting started: This contains everything I wish someone had told me, when I first started cycling in London. From finding the right bike for you, to staying safe and planning a great route.
- Love London: From great bike shops, to charming cycle cafes and unmissable cycling events – London cyclists are truly spoilt. This section is a guide to it all.
- Gear Guide: Helping to guide you through the dazzling array of cycling gear that is available to cyclists. Includes a section on the best upgrades for your bike.
- The Urban Cyclist: From getting oil off your clothes, to the steps to take if your bike is stolen. This is quite a diverse section but will appeal to anyone who’s been cycling for a while.
- The Lazy Cyclists Guide to Bicycle Maintenance: This is the maintenance guide most of us need!
- Go Big or Go Home: This humorously named section is about what comes after you’ve fallen in love with cycling. It’s about how you can take things up to the next level. From sportives to touring – it’s all covered here.
All I need now is a strappy line that explains in a sentence what the handbook is about. If you think you can help – then please leave a comment below! All suggestions are welcome.
If I use your suggestion, you’ll be the first one to receive a copy!
P.S. I seriously appreciate your help – the strapline is something I’ve really been struggling with and the talented illustrator Jack is rightly pestering me to get it over to him so we can finish the cover.
Update: I’ve been absolutely blown away by the suggestions this morning – there’s some very creative minds out there for this early on a Monday! Thank you everyone – can’t reply to all the suggestions right now as I’m jumping on the train to get back to London but keep them coming!
ASPHALT ROAD WARRIOR!
Two wheels on my wagon !
Between a bus and a hard place!
Boris the Biker
Fair game for Motorists!
Eating the pertol fumes and road grit!
Wheels of Steel
The Quintessentional Cyclist Guide
“If you think you know about cycling, think again” or If God rode a bike he would have wrote this book. 🙂
LONDON CYCLIST HANDBOOK
Punctures. Cosmopolis. And joy.
The London Cyclists Handbook
– The Urban Cyclist’s Bible
– The Rider’s Bible
– A Cyclist’s Treasure Chest!
– Cycling Gold!
– The City Cyclist’s Survival Guide
– Survive City Cycling
– The Cool Commuter’s Holy Grail!
– Making Commuting Cool!
– Take the sting out of City cycling
– Puts the Help back into Handbook
– Hold on tight your life is about to change!
I won’t read through them or I might not send them!
Everything you ever wanted to know about cycling – but were too afraid to ask.
“Your one stop shop for all things cycling in the wonderful city of London”
BikeWorks 4 London !
Not the New York Cyclist Handbook
Strap line: The Bespoke Guide to London Life on Two Wheels
Or perhaps just: The Bespoke Guide
“The Bespoke Guide to Cycling in London”
or just
“The Bespoke Guide”
Hi Andreas
How about
The cyclist’s Knowledge – for beginner or expert
Or
Londons cycling secrets revealed.
Best wishes
A Capital Cycling Companion
‘Cycle Heaven’
THE KNOWLEDGE all you’ll ever need !
How to do London and beyond on two wheels.
“There and Back”
“From Metropolis to Cyclopolis”
“Fomenting Revolution on Two Wheels”
“Greater Cycling Greater London”
“Realizing Urban Ideals on Two Wheels”
“The Wheel Thing”
“Crank ‘n Roll”
“For Pedalheadz”
“That’s how we roll”
“Ain’t Nothing Like the Wheel Thing”
“From Mindset to GroupSet”
“For people on bicycles”
“Also for people on bicycles”
“For non-cyclists”
From Getting Started, to Cycling for Sports and Touring.
Or
A Guide to London life on a cycle for beginners and the advanced.
Or
The craft of cycling in London.
Saddle Rash rushour!
Gears and Sprockets
Roads to Roll
Panic in Traffic
Urban Velocity
From a standing start
Wheels in motion
The only way to travel
Cycle in the city
Andreas,
here’s a strapline from a Yank in America (here we call them slogans or taglines):
YOUR NON-DUMMIES GUIDE TO THE BEST OF BIKING LONDON
Everything you wanted to know about cycling but were afraid to ask.
‘The Knowledge’ on 2 wheels
The Complete London Cyclopedia
“Why learn the hard way?”
Been there, seen it, done it … now bike it
Perhaps the punctuation could be improved:
Been there, seen it, done it? Now BIKE it!
THE London Cyclists Handbook
Or
The One-Stop Shop for all things Bike in London
“The two wheeler’s guide to living and loving biking in the city.”
I’m still thinking so might be back…!
It won’t get you the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France, but it WILL get you started on a love of cycling or deepen the love you already have.
How to deal with cycle paths and avoid psychopaths.
Life, the universe and cycling
From A to Z, from soup to nuts, from cranks to handles bars, the most complete guide to London cycling in the known universe
The only guide a London’eur needs to read
“simply the best resource you require”
“Enjoy the ride and stay alive!”
“A guide to effective Transport for London”
“The essential companion”
“Essential advice on bikes, routes, upgrades, maintenance and recreation”
“Don’t leave home without it!”
360 Degrees of Cycling knowledge and Wisdom
this book has been manifested in order to share self-knowledge and cycling wisdom for the London cyclist.
Wisdom for your wheels….
Zen and the art of cycling in London
The two wheeled guide to cycling in London
The A-Z guide to cycling in London and beyond
From cranks to cafes and how to get there – the essential guide to cycling in London and beyond.
BikeWorks 2 London (as for 2 wheels !)
BikeWorks for Dummies in London (hmmmmm any better ? ! )
BikeBizz for London ( ! )
Become the Road
Warning: Reading this book will make you be at one with your bicycle
CYCLETECH Handbook for London cyclists
“The book your saddlebag was made for”
OR
“The start, the stops, the tips, the tops”
OR
“You know you need it, just buy it and get riding”
How about….
THE Handbook… for cyclists…. in London
Says it all really 🙂
Andreas – not sure why do you need a strapline?! The title says it all. If you had to use one I would say ‘The Complete Guide’
Wisdom in action…..
Pedal Point – A Guide to London Cycling
A velo good ride