Cycling category: 1003 books
by Scott David Plumlee
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this sixth volume I am cycling east from Rotorua past a series of stunning lakes to the north coast town of Opotiki to camp and soak at the amazing Awakeri Hot Springs. Next I'll be pedaling through the jaw-dropping...
by Scott David Plumlee
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 24th volume I will be cycling with four friends down the west coast to Haast Pass. We backtracked along the spectacular 18km Copland Track to the coastal highway and cycled south along the Tasman Sea, riding...
by Scott David Plumlee
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2015
Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 18th volume I will be cycling through the desolate alpine valleys of the Rainbow Crossing to Hanmer Springs. We will be pedaling for three days against ice-cold headwinds, across hand-numbing corrugated-rough...
Biking Puget Sound
60 Rides from Olympia to the San Juans
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
• More than 50% new photos throughout • 60 rides total, up from the original 50, chosen for their interest, beauty, and safety • Read & Ride—downloadable cue sheets! Nothing beats riding a bike on a sunny day, and this popular cycling guidebook has been lovingly updated with more fun than...
Get on Your Bike!
Stay safe, get fit and be happy cycling
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
This book isn't like other cycling books. It's not designed to help you shave seconds off your time trial, help you corner like a pro, or eat like an Olympic athlete. It's not trying to get you into racing, nor make you the next Tour de France rider
What it will do is show you how to choose...
by Kenny Pryde
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2020
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2020
In the early 1990s British cycling was an irrelevance on the world stage on both road and track. Yet by the Beijing Olympics in 2008 it had turned itself into the most feared track squad in the sport. Four years later, in 2012, British Cycling and British riders would dominate the sport on both road...
by Vanessa Lech
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
"BIKE NM" is very much a digital multimedia book that includes detailed cycling trail descriptions, website access to relevant trail videos, information and pictures of 5 cycling trails in Albuquerque, New Mexico and 3 cycling trails in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Included are the website addresses for...
Selling the Yellow Jersey
The Tour de France in the Global Era
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Yellow Livestrong wristbands were taken off across America in early 2013 when Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he had doped during the seven Tour de France races he won. But the foreign cycling world, which always viewed Armstrong with suspicion, had already moved on. The bellwether...
Sex, Lies and Handlebar Tape
The Remarkable Life of Jacques Anquetil, the First Five-Times Winner of the Tour de France
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
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...
Tour de Lance
The Extraordinary Story of Cycling's Most Controversial Champion
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Lance Armstrong is a worldwide icon, indisputably one of the greatest cyclists who has ever lived. After battling cancer and becoming an inspiration to millions, Armstrong won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years before retiring from competition in 2005.
Four years later,...
The Climb
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
On 26th July 2015, Chris Froome entered the record books. He won cycling's ultimate race - the Tour de France - for the second time.
Taking a double Yellow Jersey was a staggering achievement. This memoir shows just how remarkable it was, given the uphill struggle Froome faced. Growing up in...
Ask a Pro
Deep Thoughts and Unreliable Advice from America's Foremost Cycling Sage
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Author writes the popular "Ask a Pro" column for Velo magazine (45,000 paid circ)
Cycling fans have enjoyed following Gaimon’s career as he rose through the ranks onto the ProTour circuit, lost his contract, and once again rode his way back into the Big Leagues.
A regular Joe enters an arcane...
by Andrew P. Sykes
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
The academic year must have been a difficult one as when the summer holidays arrived, secondary school teacher Andrew Sykes was happy to do as little as possible. But while sitting on his sofa watching the exploits of the cyclists at the Great Wall of China at the Beijing Olympics, he realised the error...
by Susie Wheeldon
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
In 2010 Susie Wheeldon and Jamie Vining rolled back into London complete with stings, bites, leathery skin and thighs of steel. With their co-rider, Iain Henderson, they had set out nine months earlier on a 12,000 mile round the world bike ride, promoting solar power and being tracked using solar nanotechnology....