Like so many people in the country I was blown away by the success of the recent Olympics in Beijing, but especially by the amazing performances of the GB cycling team. So when i noticed "Heroes, Villains & Velodromes" on the shelf of my local book shop I thought I'd give it a try. I wasn't sure what to expect really but what i got was a lively, entertaining and extremely well written read about the...
People around the world have found inspiration in the story of Lance Armstrong--a world-class athlete nearly struck down by cancer, only to recover and win the Tour de France, the multiday bicycle race famous for its gruelling intensity. Armstrong is a thoroughgoing Texan jock, and the changes brought to his life by his illness are startling and powerful, but he's just not interested in wearing a hero...
The book has everything you need to know about doing some off-piste motorcycling. It makes some amazing trips sound vaguely feasible. Even for more mundane trips around the UK and Europe it has loads of good stuff about selection of gear and bike. It has loads of good biking stories too.
Ok, Richard is a buddy of mine, but even so this is a long overdue book from someone who has written about many of these routes in EVO magazine. The sections are easy to consume, excellently illustrated and provide perfect reference to set off and follow the routes yourself. Buy it! Don't think twice, just do it. And if you're looking for a present for the man in your life, then he'll be very pleased...
Was very disappointed after reading the reviews. Have really wasted my money. Just paid out again for the Park Tools book which is far superior for the novice mechanic
Ghosted biographies of incomplete sports careers can be disappointing but I was tempted into buying this after reading an article about Bradley in the Sunday Times. Whilst Bradley is not keen to explore his childhood in any great depth he does open some doors on his inner life and in particular the issues surrounding his non relationship with his father who left him very early in his life to be raised...
In reviewing Matt Seaton's The Escape Artist, the irresistible temptation is to adopt the shorthand of a marketing pitch and call it the Fever Pitch of cycling. Seaton's book, like Nick Hornby's, is about male obsession and the ways it changes (or doesn't) in the face of growing responsibility and maturity. In Fever Pitch the obsession was Arsenal FC; in The Escape Artist)...
This is a truly excellent, informative book. The comments made by some reviewers about the trendy language are perhaps justified but you soon find your way through it to uncover a wealth of useful, well explained and very well illustrated tips on how to improve your riding or "driving" as the authors put it. I have been riding a mountain bike for nearly 20 years but realised that I was lacking in many...
Well im only just getting into this book, not really had the chance to get properly into it, but i was given good recommendations from other cyclers. After reading the first chapter, i think its going to be an excellent source to helping me, but the best bit about this book is unlike alot of books like this one, it keeps you interested because it has humour in the book too.
