First published 1900, this is a classic guide to making and maintaining bicycles and tricycles. The information was originally published in Work , a publication of which the author was an editor, and has been condensed into this easy-to-digest handbook. Cycle Building and Repairing will appeal to those with an interest in vintage bicycles or making their from scratch. Paul Nooncree Hasluck (1854 - 1916) was an Australian writer and editor. He was a master of technical writing and father of the ‘do-it-yourself’ book, producing many works on subjects including engineering, handicrafts, woodwork, and more. Other notable works by this author include: Treatise on the Tools Employed in the Art of Turning (1881), The Wrath-Jobber’s Handy Book (1887), and Screw-Threads and Methods of Producing Them (1887). Contents include: Introductory, and Tools Used , How to Build a Front Driver , Building a Rear-driving Safety , Building Tandam Safeties , Building Front-Driver Tricycle , Building a Hand Tricycle , Brazing , How to Make and Fit Gear Cases , Fittings and Accessories , Wheel-Making , Tyres and Methods of Fixing Them , etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.