Cycling category: 1003 books
Cycling the Canal du Midi
Across Southern France from Toulouse to Sète
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
This guidebook describes a 240km cycle ride along the length of the Canal du Midi in southern France. Starting at Toulouse in the Haute Garonne and finishing at Sète on the Mediterranean Coast, the route is divided into five stages of about 50km. It is a flat, car-free and picturesque route mainly...
Bikie
A Love Affair with the Racing Bicycle
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Bikie lays bare the true heart of cycling. Every grass-roots enthusiast, keen racing man and elite professional has one thing in common: he loves his bike and riding it.
The author pinpoints the source of his love, tracing its development in the individual, how it draws people into a community...
by Ellie Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
As Ellie’s fiftieth birthday approaches and her ambitions of a steady income, a successful career and an ascent of Everest seem as far away as ever, she begins to doubt she’s capable of achieving anything at all. So when her best friend Mick suggests a gruelling cycle ride from Land’s End to...
Tyred Out
Cycling Adventures in Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
A collection of short stories about cycling adventures in Scotland. Starting with a crash, then crossing the country from coast to coast, visiting the islands and west coast, and ending with some bikepacking, a haunted bothy and a race.
by Nige Tassell
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
The gripping story of the greatest race in cycling history, when Greg LeMond cinched victory by a mere eight seconds.
“I was convinced deep inside that I could not lose. I could not see how it could happen.”—Laurent Fignon
“I didn't think. I just rode.”—Greg LeMond
For...
by Nicolas Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
The Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) is one of the finest long-distance cycle rides in England and tackling the route over four days is a marvellous mini-adventure that should appeal to all sorts of cyclists. Every stage of this 205-mile long cycle route, from Southport on Merseyside to Hornsea in East Yorkshire,...
Cycling Munster
Great Road Routes
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
With routes spanning the province, here is everything you need to explore the highways and byways of Munster – on two wheels.
This popular guide has now been updated to include the Waterford Greenway, which officially opened in spring 2017. The route, set against the glorious backdrop of...
The Carbon Cycle
Crossing the Great Divide
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2013
In 2006 “outdoor philosopher” Kate Rawles cycled 4553 miles from Texas to Alaska, following the spine of the Rocky Mountains as closely as possible. Cycling across unforgiving but starkly beautiful landscapes in both the United States and Canada – deserts, high mountain passes, glaciers and...
Wheel Fever
How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2013
On rails-to-trails bike paths, city streets, and winding country roads, the bicycle seems ubiquitous in the Badger State. Yet there’s a complex and fascinating history behind the popularity of biking in Wisconsin—one that until now has never been told. Meticulously researched through periodicals...
by Ellis Bacon
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Recommended for viewing on colour device.Mapping Le Tour charts the course of every race route in cycling’s most prestigious event, including a special section on the 2014 Tour de France. This new ebook edition includes a map of each edition of the Tour de France, along with photographs, text on...
The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman
A Bone-shaking Tour through Cycling’s Flemish Heartlands
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2020
Cycling is wildly popular all over Belgium, but in the northern, Dutch-speaking half of the country it is part of the psyche. Flanders is the size of East Anglia with population a tenth of that of Great Britain, yet this small corner of north-west Europe has produced eight winners of the Tour de France,...
The Bicycling Big Book of Training
Everything you need to know to take your riding to the next level
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
The Bicycling Big Book of Training is an encouraging, focused training book that will speak to beginner and intermediate cyclists without making them feel like novices. It covers all the information the reader needs to begin an effective training regimen.
The book is divided into five sections...
Hellingen
A Road Cyclist's Guide to Belgium's Greatest Cycling Climbs
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2019
From the author who brought you 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs comes another essential guide to vertical pain. This time Simon Warren has turned his attention to the famous climbs of Belgium and the ascents that define the world's greatest single-day bike races. From the rugged cobbles of the Tour of...
The Lancashire Cycleway
The tour and 17 day rides
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Comprising two distinct loops that intersect at Whalley in the Ribble Valley, the 425km (265 mile) Lancashire Cycleway showcases the idyllic scenery of England's historic Red Rose County. The Northern Loop contrasts the quiet lanes and peaceful countryside of northwestern Lancashire with the thrill...