The Gift of Reading
New bike books for your holiday list.
The Urban Biking Handbook
Charles Haine (Quarry, $25)
For: The cousin in Staten Island who keeps asking you to fix his bike
Because: Haine, a former chairman of the Los Angeles Bike Kitchen, covers it all, from fixing a flat to dating on bikes.
Quoteworthy: "You shouldn't give up cycling just because every once in a while you fall off. We fall down walking sometimes, too."