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  • August 13, 2013 at 7:58 am #19596
    SideBurn

    I have just been reading a few cycling books, most recently ‘Slaying the Badger’ but I have also read Tyler Hamilton’s book, David Miller’s book and one of the Jacques Anquetil books ‘Sex, lies and handlebar tape’. All good stuff….. I do like autobiographies 🙂
    Sunday; ran a marathon, well 20 miles of one before I had to stop with a problem with my foot. A visit to A&E (the shame) and some Dihydrocodeine later I am now sitting with my foot in the air…. and in need of some more good books. Any suggestions?
    I will forgive any suggestions that I should get the new book ‘The Rules’ (Rule 42) ’cause if I had stuck to it/them I would not be sitting here :”(

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  • August 14, 2013 at 11:20 pm #751739
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    Paul J

    +1 on “The Rider” by Krabbé.
    +1 on “The Rider” by Krabbé. Very good book.

    August 14, 2013 at 11:02 pm #751737
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    Debarrio

    As a Dutchy I feel obliged to
    As a Dutchy I feel obliged to mention “The Rider” by fellow countryman Tim Krabbe. In the Netherlands this book is widely recognised as the best book on cycling and even by some as one the best novellas by a Dutch author. Mind, this is literature, not a biography. Truly an inspirational and – for some – life changing read. But don’t take my biased word for it:

    http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jun/30/top10s.cycling
    http://cyclingtips.com.au/2010/11/the-rider/
    http://www.podiumcafe.com/2010/12/18/1883646/the-rider-by-tim-krabbe

    Oh, and it’s translated in English, so no worries there.

    August 14, 2013 at 9:49 pm #751735
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    PhilRuss

    [[[[ SIDEBURN—I had
    [[[[ SIDEBURN—I had Dihydrocodeine tabs one time, for a back injury. If you’re sucking on those, anything you choose to read will be a gas, but for sheer variety I recommend Tim Hilton’s “One More Kilometre And We’re In The Showers”
    P.R.

    August 14, 2013 at 9:33 am #751733
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    SideBurn

    Have got ‘Half man half
    Have got ‘Half man half bike’, ‘Obsessive compulsive cycling disorder’, ‘In search of Robert Miller’, ‘Racing Hard’ and ‘Paris-Roubaix: The inside story’ chosen partly by price! Hopefully that should be enough ’til I am back… I still cannot walk! Thank you for the suggestions 🙂 May have to get the Reg Harris book though. My uncle and father in law (not the same person, honest 😉 ) raced against him and I do not know much about him.

    August 13, 2013 at 8:42 pm #751731
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    bashthebox

    Ned Boulting’s new book is
    Ned Boulting’s new book is bloody great. It’s all about life as a British road cyclist and all the idiosyncrasies that involves. Has made me giggle a lot. It’s a pitch perfect book that really touches on some interesting and little known history.

    August 13, 2013 at 1:45 pm #751729
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    Pisiform

    Lots of recommendations
    Lots of recommendations recently on another thread here

    http://road.cc/content/forum/85060-great-cycling-books

    August 13, 2013 at 1:35 pm #751727
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    Fringe

    SideBurn wrote:lc1981 wrote:I

    SideBurn wrote:
    lc1981 wrote:
    I enjoyed William Fotheringham’s Merckx biography, and Rob Penn’s It’s All About the Bike, which, along with Miller’s autobiography, got me back cycling after a long absence.

    I am interested in the Merckx biography; I am wondering whether to get it in book format for the photography? Or would it be suitable to buy on a Kindle?

    The dozen or so photos aren’t any different than can be seen on the Internet really, get the kindle version.

    ‘In Search of Robert Millar’ by Richard Moore is a good read.

    August 13, 2013 at 1:31 pm #751725
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    andylul

    Dave Barter’s Obsessive
    Dave Barter’s Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder 🙂

    August 13, 2013 at 12:58 pm #751723
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    Kapelmuur

    Looking at the cycling biogs
    Looking at the cycling biogs on my shelf it appears that the Fotheringham family have a dominant position in the market.

    I like books about the old days and ‘The Eagle of Toledo’ about Bahamontes (Alasdair F) and ‘Fallen Angel’ about Coppi (William F)give graphic accounts of the poverty and appalling conditions these men grew up and raced in.

    Also by William F is ‘Roule Britannia’ an account of British riders participation in Le Tour.

    Getting away from the Fotheringhams, I enjoyed Robert Dineen’s biog of Reg Harris, especially when I read that he had lived in Cheshire and I was able to ride and training route he used as described in the book.

    I always buy bike books in book form as I enjoy studying the photos almost as much as reading the words.

    August 13, 2013 at 12:00 pm #751721
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    SideBurn

    lc1981 wrote:I enjoyed

    lc1981 wrote:
    I enjoyed William Fotheringham’s Merckx biography, and Rob Penn’s It’s All About the Bike, which, along with Miller’s autobiography, got me back cycling after a long absence.

    I am interested in the Merckx biography; I am wondering whether to get it in book format for the photography? Or would it be suitable to buy on a Kindle?

    August 13, 2013 at 9:28 am #751719
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    lc1981

    I enjoyed William
    I enjoyed William Fotheringham’s Merckx biography, and Rob Penn’s It’s All About the Bike, which, along with Miller’s autobiography, got me back cycling after a long absence.

    August 13, 2013 at 9:25 am #751717
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    Meaulnes

    Matt Rendell is a great
    Matt Rendell is a great writer and his The Death of Marco Pantani is a moving but measured account of the Italian’s downfall. His Kings of the Mountains about Colombian climbers is also a very good read.

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