Category: Bicycles
Cycling's vast history is a fascinating mix of gripping sporting moments, inspired pursuits and a whole host of heroes, hellions and legend-makers. A Year in the Saddle travels through the calendar year, each day telling a single cycling story: from the death of the great Fausto Coppi, through to the do ...Show more
Category: Bicycles | Series: My Cool
my cool bike celebrates a love affair with bikes and bike culture. The bicycle is the most popular form of transport on the planet. Cycling is simply ideal for many things and we are now at the dawn of a new golden age of this versatile machine. This book will appeal to all who have taken up cycling for ...Show more
Category: Bicycles
No sport demands and celebrates the suffering of its participants like road racing, yet the pursuit of cycling was formed out of a spirit of emancipation, freedom, invention and revolution. It started with Victorian adventurers who took their new machine across continents, up unscaled peaks and into the ...Show more
Category: Bicycles | Series: Around the World in 80 Days
Cycling's vast history is a fascinating mix of gripping sporting moments, inspired pursuits and a whole host of heroes, hellions and legend-makers. From the death of the great Fausto Coppi through to the dominance of Sir Bradley Wiggins and the intrepid pursuits of iconic cyclists on the peaks of the To ...Show more
Category: Bicycles
From Europe to Asia, via North America and Africa, choose your own adventure from among 300 of the world's greatest bike rides and best cycling races, featuring our pick of the must-ride sportives and gran fondos where you can really test your legs against both the terrain and your fellow riders. Cheer ...Show more
Category: Bicycles
What drives someone to step back into the glare of the spotlight after they've walked away showered with praise and adulation? Is it ego? Is it boredom? As author Bill Strickland follows Lance Armstrong's comeback year he explores the motivations and struggles of a cyclist's journey back to the peloton, ...Show more
Category: Bicycles | Series: Y Ser.
Experience the thrill and intensity of the Tour de France's most challenging climbs using the breathtaking photography of Google Earth. In Tour de France: Climbs from Above, 20 notorious Tour de France Hors Catégorie climbs - ascents that are beyond classification - are illustrated using Google E ...Show more
Category: Bicycles | Series: Lonely Planet Ser.
This smaller paperback edition of our popular hardback is designed for a more budget-oriented audience. Organized by continent, it features 200 of the world's best cycling routes - from family-friendly urban trails to epic adventures off the beaten track.
Category: Bicycles
Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international symbol of resilience and courage. In a sport constantly dogged by blood-doping scandals, he seemed above the fray. Then, in January 2013, the legend imploded. He admitted dop ...Show more
Category: Bicycles
From its humble origins over a century ago to its present day glory, the Tour de France has always been a race that has inspired fascination. The exploits of the riders - Tommy Simpson's death of the slopes of Mont Ventoux, Lance Armstrong's controversial career and Bradley Wiggins' historic win - conti ...Show more
Category: Bicycles
When chronic insomniac and reluctant office worker Ianto Ware went looking for answers to life's big questions, he found them in the world's largest bike race. Twenty-One Nights in July is a joyride through the Tour's greatest moments part love letter to cycling, part history of the Tour de France, and ...Show more
Category: Bicycles
Everything you have ever wanted to know about the world of road cycling in 101 fun and contemporary infographics. From race record breakers to the most colorful characters of the peloton, the toughest moments of the Tours to the kitchiest team kit—be amazed, amused, and awed by the wealth of infor ...Show more
