Good Cycling Book Recommendations

[G-Zero]

Any good ‘cycling’ reads out there that you’ve enjoyed or can recommend ?

Now the days are shorter and the weather poorer, I enjoy a good read and have just finished reading the very enjoyable ‘The World At 15mph…ish’ by local author Naomi Johnson. ISBN 978-1-7393811-0-3
Without giving away spoilers, it’s Naomi’s account, as a non-athlete, of planning and cycling around the world, covering over 20000 miles in the saddle, through 26 countries, with a man she’d only met a few times before !

 

[Oldhippy]

Here are a few good ones. All good reads.

 

[wiggydiggy]

I've only read a few but I really enjoyed:

A Dog in a Hat by Joe Parkin
Amateur American racer travels to Belgium in the late 1980s and his journey to become a pro racer.

Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy
Lady travels to India by Bicycle in the 1960s, making sure to arm herself with a pistol first.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Enjoyed this

 

[Ming the Merciless]

If you want a 19th-century account

https://ia801303.us.archive.org/15/items/cu31924023253093/cu31924023253093.pdf

 

[oldwheels]

Here are a few good ones. All good reads.
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Very organised unlike my bookcases.

 

[Oldhippy]

I do like my cycling bookshelf.

 

[oldwheels]

Just finished this. Heavily into recent politics of the Middle East but a good insight into the lives of people there as well as cycling.

 

[oldwheels]

For something completely different a very stilted account by a deaf mute who cycled from NE Scotland south through England to the northern tip of Norway and then all the way back in 1951.
A bit hard going and not yet finished reading it.

 

[Sixmile]

Cycling Home from Siberia - this made me tour more.

Take a Seat - this made me buy a tandem.

 

[G-Zero]

Here are a few good ones. All good reads.
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At least a few for my Christmas list…. Cheers

 

[classic33]

Against The Wind eBook, Ozeki, Yasuyuki
Japan to Ireland for a pint of Guinness.

 

[Adam4868]

The Rider....by Tim Krabby.

 

[chriswoody]

I found this an enjoyable read, about Jenny's 2018 record breaking lap of the planet.

 

[Chief Broom]

My favourites so far have been-Travels in a strange state by Josie Dew and One man and his bike by Mike Carter