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Top 5 cycling related books. The Results, Ladies and Gentlemen!

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  • May 6, 2010 at 2:40 pm #12323
    Fringe

    ..well a hardly conclusive or scientific poll, but here goes..
    The Rider by Tiim Krabbe storms ahead with 5 points, joint 2nd first losers were ‘Put Me Back on the Bike’ and ‘Flying Scotsman’ with 4 points apiece, coming in at 4th (strangely appropriate in a way) was ‘In Search of Robert Millar’, 3 points and lantern rouge ‘Dog in a Hat’ 2 points.

    honorary mention goes to Zaskars fave, the ‘Haynes Manual’.. although he failed to mention which one but i take it to be the Bike Maintenance version, but it could be the Vauxhall Nova 1.1, who knows eh!

    cheers, ta ,lovely. 321 dusty bin etc etc

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    how about a straw poll on cycling books? (kinda thing i think about whilst at work)
    anyhow post your selection below and when i get around to it i’ll try and compile the ‘definitive’ (well as definitive as these things can be) list.

    heres my 5

    1. Rough Ride – Paul Kimmage
    2. The Escape Artist – Matt Seaton
    3. Bicycle! A Repair & Maintenance Manifesto – Sam Tracy
    4. Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson – William Fotheringham
    5. Bicycle Design – Mike Burrows

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  • May 9, 2010 at 7:28 pm #634237
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    ctznsmith

    The Hour – Michael
    The Hour – Michael Hutchinson
    A Dog in a hat – Joe Parkin (H.N.H)
    Zinn and the art of mountain/road bike maintenance
    Discovery Road – Andy Brown and Tim Barratt
    Flying Scotsman – Graham Obree

    Has anyone read the new Joe Parking book or the Bike Snob NYC book yet?

    May 8, 2010 at 7:28 am #634235
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    OldRidgeback

    Felix wrote:Oh yes and I do

    Felix wrote:
    Oh yes and I do love the Third Policeman it’s so much more than a cycling book! Even with the molycule theory!

    It’s a power for the hills.

    May 7, 2010 at 9:12 pm #634233
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    fiftyacorn

    I really liked Cav’s book too
    I really liked Cav’s book too – it made a change to read a cycling biog where the author truly loves cycling

    May 7, 2010 at 5:50 pm #634231
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    demoff

    The Rider-Tim Krabbe
    You can
    The Rider-Tim Krabbe
    You can read it time and time again

    In Search of Robert Millar-Richard Moore
    A great book about one of the greats

    Push Yourself Just a Little Bit More-Johnny Green
    Fantastic writing from the Ex Clash Road Manager

    Inside the Peloton-Graeme Fife
    Good cross section of riders

    Boy Racer-Mark Cavendish
    Love him or hate him there is only one Cav

    May 7, 2010 at 3:27 pm #634229
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    Felix

    Oh yes and I do love the
    Oh yes and I do love the Third Policeman it’s so much more than a cycling book! Even with the molycule theory!

    May 7, 2010 at 3:24 pm #634227
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    kittyfondue

    I’m surprised no one has
    I’m surprised no one has mentioned Fallen Angel: the Passion of Fausto Coppi by William Fotheringham. I thought that was an excellent book, not just about the rider, but about his impact on both the sport and on post-war Italy.

    May 7, 2010 at 3:20 pm #634225
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    Felix

    1 ‘Tim Krabbe – The Rider’
    1 ‘Tim Krabbe – The Rider’ What it’s all about!
    2 ‘Graeme Obree – Flying Scotsman’ Poingant
    3 ‘Richard Moore – In Search of Robert Millar’ Excellent
    4 ‘Matt Seaton – The Escape Artist’ Moving and a good one to explain why we do it to non-cycling partners!
    5 ‘Jeremy Whittle – Yellow Fever’ We (were?) so far from clean…
    That would be my top 5(in order)and if you have your own anorak then ‘Tim Hilton’s One More Kilometre and We’re in the Showers’ is the book for you. Interesting v informative but a tad turgid.
    I found Tim Moore a bit unlikeable and it would have taken me a long time to get tired slapping him when I read French Revolutions but hey ho… Glad no one has mentioned the Lance ghost writes which were very poor IMO.
    😀
    Gad! have just realised how many cycling books have read (‘cos there’s others)! I need to get out on the bike more!

    May 7, 2010 at 12:26 pm #634223
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    Fringe

    abudhabiChris wrote:
    I really

    abudhabiChris wrote:

    I really recommend A Dog In a Hat too. Bit of an antidote to the Paul Kimmage version of cycling in that period. It’s a first-hand glimpse of the traditional grass-roots cycling in Belgium and the world outside the grand tours and classics.

    not read that one.. will search it out as soon as. 😀

    May 7, 2010 at 8:27 am #634221
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    KirinChris

    Yes The Hour is good…
    If we
    Yes The Hour is good…

    If we did a Top 5 fiction and Top 5 non-fiction The Hour would have made it to my list. The Rider would be top of my fiction.

    I really recommend A Dog In a Hat too. Bit of an antidote to the Paul Kimmage version of cycling in that period. It’s a first-hand glimpse of the traditional grass-roots cycling in Belgium and the world outside the grand tours and classics.

    May 6, 2010 at 8:37 pm #634219
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    Fringe

    see what happens now, im
    see what happens now, im gonna have to change my first 5, as i forgot The Rider and that Robert Millar book is also genius..

    not read the ‘Third Policeman’.. but sounds good..ebay it is then.

    May 6, 2010 at 8:02 pm #634217
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    OldRidgeback

    Riding High: Shadow Cycling
    Riding High: Shadow Cycling the Tour De France – Paul Howard

    May 6, 2010 at 7:21 pm #634215
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    TheHatter

    The Rider
    Put me back on my
    The Rider
    Put me back on my bike

    and a some not mentioned so far:

    The Hour by Michael Hutchinson
    Sex Lies & Handlebar tape : Jacques Anquetil
    Bad Blood: The Secret Life of the Tour de France by Jeremy Whittle

    and breaking the rules a bit by going over 5:
    The Crooked Path to Victory by Les Woodland
    Fallen Angel : Fausto Coppi by William Fotheringham

    May 6, 2010 at 4:44 pm #634213
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    cat1commuter

    Nick Rearden wrote:”The Third

    Nick Rearden wrote:
    ”The Third Policeman” is a genius suggestion.

    It is. I was about to suggest it myself, and was a bit miffed that someone else already had. You can’t beat surrealist Irish humour which mixes theft, murder, rural policemen (with bicycle theft fixations), purgatory, semi-sentient bicycles and porridge.

    May 6, 2010 at 4:12 pm #634211
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    nick_rearden

    “The Third Policeman” is a
    “The Third Policeman” is a genius suggestion

    However:

    One More Kilometre and We’re in the Showers – Tim Hilton
    Flying Scotsman: The Graeme Obree Story – Graeme Obree
    Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson – William Fotheringham
    Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance – Lennard Zinn (my nerdy submission)
    Visions of Cycling – Graham Watson

    May 6, 2010 at 3:47 pm #634209
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    KirinChris

    A Dog In a Hat – Joe
    A Dog In a Hat – Joe Parkin
    The Rider – Tim Krabbe
    French Revolutions – Tim Moore
    In Search of Robert Millar – Richard Moore
    The Third Policeman – Flann O’Brien

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