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Half Man, Half Bike
The Life of Eddy Merckx, Cycling's Greatest Champion
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Eddy Merckx is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing or Pele to soccer: simply the best there has ever been. Merckx amassed an astonishing 445 victories. Lance Armstrong, by comparison, managed fewer than 100. Merckx didn’t just beat his opponents; he crushed them.
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Sean Yates: It’s All About the Bike
My Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Before Bradley Wiggins, there was Sean Yates. Behind Bradley Wiggins, there was Sean Yates.
One of only five Britons to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, Sean Yates burst onto the cycling scene as the rawest pure talent this country has ever seen. After turning professional at the...
The Racer
Life on the Road as a Pro Cyclist
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
What is it really like to be a racer?
What is it like to be swept along at 60kmh in the middle of the pack? What happens to the body during a high-speed chute? What tactics must teams employ to win the day, the jersey, the grand tour? What sacrifices must a cyclist make to reach the highest...
by William Fotheringham
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Few British schoolchildren of the seventies can have been as obsessed with the Tour de France as William Fotheringham, who smuggled copies of Miroir du Cyclisme into lessons to read inside his books. He saw the Tour for the first time in 1984, avidly following that year's race on television in the...
A Clean Break
My Story
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Christophe Bassons is a former professional cyclist. His career was a successful one albeit never in the full glare of the media. That all changed when, in 1998, the Festina doping scandal broke and Bassons shot to fame as one of the handful of clean riders in the peloton - and as the only professional...
Bicycle
200 Years on Two Wheels
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2017
Baron Karl Drais introduced the first two-wheeled self-propelled vehicle in the summer of 1817, calling it the "dandy horse." Two hundred years later, that same concept has democratized travel like no other means of transportation, granting women new-found freedoms and offering ordinary...
A Rough Ride
An Insight into Pro Cycling
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
In A Rough Ride, Paul Kimmage gives a devastatingly frank account of what life is really like in the world of professional cycling. In tracing his mixed fortunes, Kimmage describes not only the grueling pressures of the sport but also the seamier side: the widespread use of drugs to enhance performance....
by Emily Metzloff
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Ever dreamed of taking off across your state, your country, or maybe even the world on your bicycle? Just you, whatever you can carry, and the road? Then Bicycle Voyages is the ultimate resource to help you make that dream a reality. Emily Metzloff, a seasoned bike tourist and former tour leader,...
Corsa Rosa
A history of the Giro d’Italia
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2017
The Giro d'Italia is the cooler, tougher brother of the Tour de France. First staged in 1909, and only pausing for two World Wars, its hundredth edition takes place in 2017.
Inspired by L'Auto's improved circulation figures after establishing France's Grand Tour, the Gazzetta dello Sport saw...
Reading the Race
Bike Racing from Inside the Peloton
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
In Reading the Race, race announcer Jamie Smith and veteran road captain Chris Horner team up to deliver a master class in bike racing strategies and tactics. Armed with strategies and tactics learned over thousands of races, cyclists and cycling fans will learn how to read a race--and see how to...
The Badger
The Life of Bernard Hinault and the Legacy of French Cycling
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The thrilling life of France’s finest cyclist
Bernard Hinault is one of the greatest cyclists of all time. He is a five-time winner of the Tour de France and the only man to have won each of the Grand Tours on more than one occasion. Three decades after his retirement, Hinault remains the last...
Bike Tribes
A Field Guide to North American Cyclists
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
A hilarious and essential illustrated field guide that breaks down the tribes of the bicycling community: from the spandex-clad weekend warriors to the hipsters on street bikes who love to laugh at each other (and themselves)
Anyone who rides a bike knows the bicycling world is made up of tribes....
Africa Solo
My World Record Race from Cairo to Cape Town
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
SHORTLISTED FOR ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR
In the spring of 2015, Mark Beaumont set out from the bustling heart of Cairo on his latest world record attempt - solo, the length of Africa, intending to ride to Cape Town in under 50 days. Seven years since he smashed the world record for...
The First Tour de France
Sixty Cyclists and Nineteen Days of Daring on the Road to Paris
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
From its inception, the 1903 Tour de France was a colorful affair. Full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating, it was a race to be remembered.
Cyclists of the time weren't enthusiastic about participating in this "heroic" race on roads more suited to hooves than...