[David9694]

Now the nights are drawing in, there are old copies of this on Ebay for £3 or £4.  If you’re under 40 and missed this, it’s still worth a look.  It rapidly takes you through what cycling is and can be, getting and keeping a bike. 

Not sure what happened to mine, but this is the book that got me hooked and to some extent you might say radicalised me. All the stuff about drivers and cars 2ww talk about is charted in there – and they hadn’t even got phones back then.

Steel was real and “10 speed” meant “10 in total” (minus the 2 illegal gears, of course.)

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[wtjs]

Much facial hair, like The

Much facial hair, like The Joy of Sex

 Great and timeless book- the bicycle one. Just like Blackshaw’s Penguin ‘Mountaineering’ of the 60s, which I was reading with admiration only last week

[chrisonabike]

From when men were real men. 

From when men were real men.  Much facial hair, like The Joy of Sex.  Touring bike – but look at the size of that big ring up front!

My parents had this.  I’ll have to see if I’ve inherited it now!

[David9694]

Also has the section on

Also has the section on defending yourself against a dog attack. 

[David9694]

Hush children, an old man is

Hush children, an old man is talking. 

Oh god, even my contemporary references are old.

[Author]

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