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Chasing the Rainbow
The story of road cycling's World Championships
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
For the first time, Chasing the Rainbow tells the history of both the men’s and women’s road cycling’s World Championships.
Chasing the Rainbow recounts the famous routes, momentous victories and the characters, climbs, and of course, the riders behind the infamous pursuit for one of...
In Pursuit of Glory
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Bradley Wiggins is a British sporting legend. Not only has he won seven World Track Championships and a record-equalling seven Olympic medals, including double-gold in Beijing in 2008 and gold in the time trial in London in 2012, he is the first Briton to have won cycling's ultimate prize, the Tour...
by Ray Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
This pocket-sized miscellany, packed with fascinating facts, handy hints and captivating stories and quotes from the world of bikes, is perfect for anyone who knows the incomparable joy of cycling
by Jack Thurston
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
This is the first issue of the Bicycle Reader, a new collection of quality writing about cycling. Two thoughts inspired us to start this collection.The first is that there is a great deal of brilliant article and essay-length writing about cycling that remains inaccessible to most readers....
by Peter Maniaty
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
My name is Peter and I am an addict.What began innocently with a token fitness drive on a cheap hybrid bicycle several years ago, quickly and quite unexpectedly took hold of me with a vice-like grip; one that cannot be easily loosened even to this day. Whilst initially I tried to hide it from...
The Art of Cycling
A Guide to Bicycling in 21st-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
The bicyclist is under attack from all directions - the streets are ragged, the air is poison, and the drivers are angry. As if that weren't enough, the American cyclist must carry the weight of history along on every ride. After a brief heyday at the turn of the twentieth century, American cyclists...
The Cyclist's Training Manual
Fitness and Skills for Every Rider
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
The Cyclist's Training Manual is the definitive guide to fitness for cycling, suitable for everyone from complete beginners looking to build fitness for their first charity event through to experienced cyclists looking to improve competitive performance. Starting with the basic components of fitness,...
The Comeback
Greg LeMond, the True King of American Cycling, and a Legendary Tour de France
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Inside the dramatic world of professional cycling and the Tour de France through the life of one of America's greatest and path-breaking athletes
Launching just prior to the 2018 Tour de France will provide many media opportunities
Dramatic recreation of the 1989 Tour de France, the...
by Royston Wood
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
One of the great thing about cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats is that it is a big, bold and ambitious challenge that everybody can understand (which helps if for your trying to raise sponsorship for charity) and that most people can achieve if they spend the right amount of time on the ride...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
A guide to todays urban cycling renaissance, with information on cyclings health benefits, safety, bikes and bike equipment, bike lanes, bike sharing, and other topics.
Cycling in the Cotswolds
21 half and full-day cycle routes, and a 4-day 200km Tour of the Cotswolds
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
Packed with routes right across the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this guidebook is all you need to explore the lanes and tracks of this much-loved area on two wheels - off-road on your mountain bike or on-road on your road bike or a bit of both on hybrid/sturdy bike (most routes have...
Bicycling Magazine's Century Training Program
100 Days to 100 Miles
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2006
Bicycling Magazine's Century Training Program presents a complete training program for riding—and enjoying—cycling's fastest growing challenge
To ride a century means to cover 100 miles in a day—no small feat for riders at any level. But the century is becoming cycling's equivalent of...
by Royston Wood
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
Smashed from his bicycle by an articulated truck Royston Wood found himself unable to complete a long planned for 875 mile cycling event. Battling the demons of failure he devised a plan to ride a similar distance across the UK from Land’s End to John O’Groats. With only a few days to plan the...
Cycling in the Lake District
Week-long tours and day rides
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Guidebook to a 5-day cycle tour of the Lake District plus 15 challenging day rides from Keswick, Ambleside, Penrith and bases southwest and southeast of the National Park. Details 2 options each day for the cycle tour, plus a 7-day alternative itinerary. Also outlines other tours including the 112-mile...