Cycling

Based on her daily diary, this is Dervla Murphy?s account of her ride, in 1963, across frozen Europe and through Persia and Afghanistan, over the Himalayas to Pakistan and into India, during one of the worst winters in memory. She has written other travel books, including In Ethiopia with a Mule....

Peter Walkerreporter at the Guardian and curator of its popular bike blogshows how the future of humanity depends on the bicycle. Car culture has ensnared much of the worldand it's no wonder. Convenience and comfort (as well as some clever lobbying) have made the car the transportation method of choice for generations. But as the world evolve...

"Fast After 50" is for every endurance athlete who wants to stay fast for years to come.For runners, cyclists, triathletes, swimmers, and crosscountry skiers, getting older doesn't have to mean getting slower. Drawing from the most current research on aging and sports performance, Joe FrielAmerica's leading endurance sports coachshows how athl...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherDiscover 200 of the best places to ride a bike in this beautifully illustrated hardback. From familyfriendly, sightseeing urban rides to epic adventures off the beaten track. Destinations range from France and Italy, for the world's great bike races, to the wilds of Mongolia and Patagonia. T...

Leading cycling writer William Fotheringham presents the biography of the greatest cyclist in history, Eddy Merckx?the extraordinary man who is to cycling what Muhammad Ali is to boxing. This definitive history chronicles his life, examining both the ups and the downs. Throughout his professional career Merckx amassed an astonishing 445 victories a...

If you've hit a wall in your training, maybe it?s because you aren't giving the gains enough time to take hold. Hard workouts tear down the body, but rest allows the body to repair and come back stronger than before.The Athlete?s Guide to Recovery is the first comprehensive, practical exploration of the art and science of athletic rest. Certified c...

Bicycling is undergoing a renaissance in this country as millions of people are taking to the streets in this nostalgic, beloved pastime. From purchasing one?s first bike to learning all its different components, Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Beginners is the goto guide for any beginning cyclist?s collection. The vast territory of cycling and ...

Not only is it the world's largest and most watched sporting event, but also the most fearsome physical challenge ever conceived by man, demanding every last ounce of will and strength, every last drop of blood, sweat, and tears. If ever there was an athletic exploit specifically not for the faint of heart and feeble of limb, this is it. So you mig...

Hailed as ?the sports book of the year,? Land of Second Chances is the astonishing true story of four men determined to rebuild the hopes of a broken nation. Meet Adrien Niyonshuti, Tom Ritchey, Jonathan Boyer, and Paul Kagame. In a land desperate for heroes, they confront impossible odds as they struggle to put an upstart cycling team on the map?a...

Peter Sagan, at just 28 years of age, is already one of cycling's greatest riders of all time. With four Tour de France points jersey victories, three road race world championships, the 2018 ParisRoubaix, and multiple spring classics among Sagan's palmares, the world of cycling agrees that this intense yet funloving rider is among the most domina...

Featuring contributions from: Emma O'Reilly, the soigneur for the U.S. Postal Service Team and one of the people responsible for bringing Lance Armstrong down as part of David Walsh's investigation; Betsy Andreu, wife of exprofessional cyclist Frankie Andreu and another Lance Armstrong nemesis; Michelle Cound, manager and partner of Tour de France...

Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape is the astonishing biography of French cycling star Jacques Anquetil. For the first time since his death in 1987, it reveals the extraordinary truth behind the legend, the man and the cyclist.His list of 'firsts' alone makes him worthy of a place in the cycling pantheon: the first man to win the Tour de France five time...

An illustrated history of the evolution of British women's cycle wear.The bicycle in Victorian Britain is often celebrated as a vehicle of women's liberation. Less noted is another critical Technology, with which women forged new and mobile public lives?cycle wear. This illustrated account of women's cycle wear from Goldsmiths Press brings together ...

In his latest book, Michelin star chef, elite athlete and celebrated cycling nutritionist Alan Murchison reveals how you can enjoy delicious food and lose weightwithout sacrificing your cycling performance.Drawing on the author's Michelinstarred kitchen expertise, The Cycling Chef: Recipes for Getting Lean and Fuelling the Machine features more ...

An updated edition including new color photographs and a new afterword looking back at the journeyAlastair Humphreys? aroundtheworld journey of 46,000 miles was an oldfashioned adventure: long, lonely, lowbudget, and spontaneous. Cycling across five continents and sailing over the oceans, his ride took four years to complete, on a tiny budget o...

The inspiring story of one man's recordbreaking cycle around the world.On Monday 18th September 2017, Mark Beaumont pedalled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes earlier he set off from the same point, beginning his attempt to circumnavigate the world in record time. Covering more than 18,000 miles and cycling thr...

Bicycling advocates envision a future in which bikes are a widespread daily form of transportation. While many global cities are seeing the number of bike commuters increase, this future is still far away; at times, urban cycling seems to be fighting for its very survival. Will we ever witness a true ?bike boom? in cities What can we learn from pa...

Phil Gaimon has no business being a professional cyclist. Inexplicably forsaking his former life as a couch potato and gamer, Gaimon begin riding in 2004 with the grand ambition of shedding a few pounds. By sheer accident, he discovered he was a natural, advancing so rapidly through the amateur ranks that he entered the pro peloton utterly ignorant...

A true American hero, Greg LeMond's career was punctuated by dramatic fame, devastation, and ultimately redemption. In July 1986, LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the world's preeminent bicycle race, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospit...

Unlike other bicycle history books, which cover only the first 100 years, this book deals extensively with the second century of bicycle development. It traces the development of the modern derailleur bicycle from its crude beginnings right up to the most modern mountain bikes and road racing bicycles. This thoroughly updated and expanded edition i...

By winning the 2019 Tour de France, Egan Bernal became the race's youngest champion in 110 years, and the first from the South American nation of Colombia. His victory brought decades of national yearning to fruition, and capped the achievements of a golden generation of Colombian cyclists. For, in the years before Egan's victory, Nairo Quintana wo...

For professional cyclists, going faster and winning are, of course, closely related. Yet surprisingly, for many, a desire to go faster is much more important than a desire to win. Someone who wants to go faster will work at the details and take small steps rather than focusing on winning. Winning just happens when you do everything rightit's the d...

Littleknown Graeme Obree became international cycling's most unlikely star, capturing the public's imagination with his innovative engineering and design skills and unique training regiments. When he broke world records and won championships, the cycling authorities outlawed both his bike and his tucked riding position. He invented the ""Superman"...

The new memoir tracing story of cycling since the 1980s, through the eyes of Jonathan Vaughters, founder of team Education First and one of the sport's most towering figures.Jonathan Vaughters' story is the story of modern cycling. From his early years as a keen cyclist in his hometown in Colorado to his unflinching rite of passage as a professiona...

WORLDCLASS CYCLIST , Tour de France stage winner, and time trial specialist David Millar offers a vivid portrait of his life in professional cycling?including his soulsearing detour into performanceenhancing drugs, his dramatic arrest and twoyear ban, and his ultimate decision to return to the sport he loves to race clean?in this arrestingly ca...

Motorists are the johnnycomelatelies of highway history. The coming of the railways in the 1830s killed off the stagecoach trade; almost all rural roads reverted to lowlevel local use. Cyclists were the first group in a generation to use roads and were the first to push for highquality sealed surfaces and were the first to lobby for national f...

Bernard Hinault is "Le Blaireau," the Badger. Tough as old boots, he is the old warrior of the French peloton, as revered as he is feared for his ferocious attacks. He has won 5 Tours de France, marking his name into the history books as a member of cycling's most exclusive club. Yet as the 1986 Tour de France ascends into the mountains, a boyish a...

The Climb by Chris Froome the inspirational memoir from the British winner of the 100th edition of the Tour de France The Climb tells the extraordinary story of Chris Froome's journey from a young boy in Kenya, riding through townships and past wild animals, and with few opportunities for an aspiring cyclist, to his unforgettable yellow jersey vi...

A joyful dose of inspiration that every cyclist, from rookie to randonneur, can take something valuable from' road.cc Ranked No.5 in Book Authority?s ?100 Best Cycling Books of All Time? awards listA memoir of bikes, blogs and riding through depression from awardwinning blogger, Lady Vélo.Jools Walker rediscovered cycling aged twentyeight aft...

Tommy Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death on Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour. A man of contradictions, Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to using banned drugs ? yet he inspired awe and affection for the obsessive wil...

An eyeopening expose of and a heartbreaking lament for professional cyclingPaul Kimmage's boyhood dreams were of cycling glory: wearing the yellow jersey, cycling the Tour de France, becoming a national hero. He knew it wouldn't come easy, but he was prepared to put in the graft. The dedication paid off ? he finished sixth in the World Championsh...

Beloved German cyclist Jens Voigt isn?t a superstar in the traditional sense of the word. Although he won three stages of the Tour De France?and wore the yellow jersey twice?Voigt never claimed an overall victory. He became a star because he embodies qualities that go beyond winning and losing: sacrifice, selflessness, reliability, and devotion. Eu...

"Periodization," nutrition, stretching, peakingwho knew that so much went into riding a bike Joe Friel's The Cyclist's Training Bible is jampacked with information, easily the most authoritative book on cycling to date. Friel, a lauded coach and masters athlete from Colorado, adopts the principles of Dr. Tudor Bompa, whose periodization trainin...

From the Col du Tourmalet to Alpe d?Huez, from Mont Ventoux to Luz Ardiden, Simon Warren rides, photographs, describes, maps and profiles the 100 greatest climbs of the Tour de France, the beating heart of the race. Technology, may advance, training and diet may evolve, but these mountains are constant. They have witnessed triumph and despair, coura...

Sunday in Hell is an iconic documentary about the 1976 ParisRoubaix Classic, made by the celebrated Danish director Jorgen Leth. Leth?s mission was to capture the spirit of this magnificent oneday spectacle through the cobbled roads of northern France and legends of the sport such as Eddy Merckx and Roger de Vlaeminck. He did so using revolutiona...

From steep inclines to slick terrains, Cycling Anatomy, Second Edition, will ensure you are prepared for every challenge that comes your way.Using the same methods that elite cyclists use, you can employ this wellrounded collection of 89 strength and conditioning exercises to maximize cycling power, speed, and endurance to improve your cycling per...

The 1914 Giro d?Italia: The hardest bike race in history. Eightyone riders started and only eight finished after enduring cataclysmic storms, roads strewn with nails, and even the loss of an eye by one competitor. And now Tim Moore is going to ride it. And he?s committed to total authenticity. . .Twelve years after Tim Moore toiled around the rout...

Robert Penn has saddled up nearly every day of his Adult, life. He rides to get to work, to bathe in air and sunshine, to travel, to go shopping, and to stay sane. He's no Sunday pedal pusher. So when the time came for a new bike, he decided to pull out all the stops and build his dream machine.It's All About the Bike follows Penn's journey, but thi...

When twentythreeyearold Tom Allen and his friends set off from their English village to cycle around the world, they were expecting physical hardship, extreme conditions and a serious case of culture shock. But the hours spent poring over maps could never prepare them for the experience of life on the road: the petty squabbles, the extreme hospi...

Jack Thurston, bestselling author of the Lost Lanes series (50,000 sold) and presenter of the Bike Show, takes you on a freewheeling tour of the lost lanes and forgotten byways of Northern England Yorkshire, Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland and Lancashire. Ride sections of the legendary Tour de Yorkshire, discovering castles and forts. Ride traff...

It wasn't a race but a war game' Bernard Hinault 'Without question, the hardest oneday bike race ever created' George Hincapie The Tour of Flanders known to cycling fans as the Ronde is the biggest oneday bike race in the world. It is a potent mix of grit, cobbles, steep climbs, narrow roads, national pride, beer, brutal weather and the madd...

The story of Lance Armstrong the cyclist who recovered from testicular cancer and went on to win the Tour de France a record seven times, the man who wrote a bestselling and inspirational account of his life, the charitable benefactor seemed almost too good to be true. And it was.As early as Armstrong's first victory on the Tour in 1999, Sunday...

Not content with tackling the Italian Alps or the route of the Tour de France, Tim Moore sets out to scale a new peak of rash overambition: 6,000 mile route of the old Iron Curtain on a tinywheeled, twogeared East German shopping bike.Asking for trouble and getting it, Moore sets off from the northernmost NorwegianRussian border at the Arctic w...