Printed Cycling Guides Worth Smashing Your iPad Over

There’s something downright satisfying about finding a perfectly executed print book. And leave it to Rapha—the esteemed London-based bike apparel maker—to release another old school obsession. Created in partnership with their countrymen at Thames and Hudson publishing, this pocket-sized City Cycling Guide Set ($40) includes detailed guidebooks to eight European cycle-centric cities, including Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and Paris. Each one includes illustrations by artists local to the city, detailed maps and functional layouts, and text and designs by Max Leonard and Andrew Edwards, all of it in a handsome slipcase. Each edition is sized to slip into the back pocket of your favorite cycling jersey. —Nathan Borchelt