Good Cycling Book Recommendations
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Jotheboat
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- Littleborough, Lancashire
Put me back on my bike: In search of Tom Simpson
William Fotheringham
William Fotheringham
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
We were young and carefree
Laurent fignon
Laurent fignon
Cathryn
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- Marlborough, Wiltshire
I loved the Emily Chappell book Where there’s a will. It’s beautifully written, she’s as good a writer as she is a cyclist!
Cathryn
Legendary Member
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- Marlborough, Wiltshire
I loved that too!
iandg
Legendary Member
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- Dumfries and Galloway
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Just-Ride-Radically-Practical-Equipment/dp/0761155589
Changed my whole mind set of cycling (I grew up as a racer, cycling had to be a challenge)
Changed my whole mind set of cycling (I grew up as a racer, cycling had to be a challenge)
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Tim Krabbé... You beat me to it - one of my favourite cycling books. I have read it several times and am about to start it again!
mustang1
Legendary Member
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- London, UK
Dividing the Great
by Jon Metcalfe.
A story about two guys from England who ride the Tour Divide route. It could do with proof resding/editing but if you can overcome some typos, it a a good read.
by Jon Metcalfe.
A story about two guys from England who ride the Tour Divide route. It could do with proof resding/editing but if you can overcome some typos, it a a good read.
mustang1
Legendary Member
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- London, UK
Yeah, this one. Tim Krabbe's book, the first time I read it, I didn't understand it too well and thought it was an odd way of writing. But I've read it many times now and really enjoy it.
mustang1
Legendary Member
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- London, UK
Grant Peterson's Just Ride.
mustang1
Legendary Member
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- London, UK
Three Bent Links.
Shadow
member
- Location
- edge of the south downs
To some degree it depends on what genre of cycling books you like to read.
To start, an amusing take on the Tour de France, which many here will have read, "French Revolutions" by Tim Moore.
To follow, a couple of more eclectic ones: "Velo" by Paul Fournel and "Lands of Lost Borders" by Kate Harris. I would highly recommend both. Velo is a collection of essays evoking many aspects and experiences of cycling from learning at an early age to the pain of bad days on the bike and everything in between. It was originally in French, ensure you have a get hold of a translated copy unless your French is excellent! And superbly illustrated by Jo Burt. Kate's is at its most basic a travelogue, her journey along the silk road. But it is so, so much more than that. See here.
I have a fondness for Mt Ventoux, so "Ventoux" by Jeremy Whittle is a good read. But for something a little different, you could try the novel "Ventoux" by Bert Wagendorp. Not really a cycling book, more a novel with Mt Ventoux as a backdrop. Original in Dutch.
To start, an amusing take on the Tour de France, which many here will have read, "French Revolutions" by Tim Moore.
To follow, a couple of more eclectic ones: "Velo" by Paul Fournel and "Lands of Lost Borders" by Kate Harris. I would highly recommend both. Velo is a collection of essays evoking many aspects and experiences of cycling from learning at an early age to the pain of bad days on the bike and everything in between. It was originally in French, ensure you have a get hold of a translated copy unless your French is excellent! And superbly illustrated by Jo Burt. Kate's is at its most basic a travelogue, her journey along the silk road. But it is so, so much more than that. See here.
I have a fondness for Mt Ventoux, so "Ventoux" by Jeremy Whittle is a good read. But for something a little different, you could try the novel "Ventoux" by Bert Wagendorp. Not really a cycling book, more a novel with Mt Ventoux as a backdrop. Original in Dutch.
Big T
Guru
- Location
- Nottingham
I’ve just finished reading Alex Dowsett’s autobiography “Bloodyminded” (recently released as a paperback). One of the best books by a racing cyclist that I’ve ever read (I’ve read Millar’s, Boardman’s, and quite a few others). It was so good that I ripped through it in about 4 days. Alex is the only professional sportsman in the world to compete as a haemophiliac. It goes into the doubts raised by his doctors, his career with Sky, Movistar, Katusha and Israel SUN and his relationship with his now wife, Chanel.
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Shadow
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- edge of the south downs
