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  • Cyclo2000
    Cyclo2000 Posts: 1,923
    The Robert Millar bio's a cracking read.
    My personal fav is Sweat of the Gods by Benjo Massi. It's a myth debunking tour de force.
    The Crane Bros book was called to the centre of the earth or something similar. Those guys were nuts!
    The Rendell pantani book is well written but it's still a bit of a struggle to read as it's harrowing.
    French revolutions is v. good.

    Personaly, I always take Ted L. Nancy's letters from a nut with me on hols. One of the funniest things you'll ever read.

    Usquequaque in Ventus
    Just once I would like to be called "Sir", without someone adding "You're making a scene".
    Usquequaque in Ventus
    Just once I would like to be called "Sir", without someone adding "You\'re making a scene".
  • fosmaal
    fosmaal Posts: 44
    I am about half way through Roule Britannia - William Fotheringham - about britons in the Tour de France, very good read so far.
  • g3nzo
    g3nzo Posts: 10
    I really enjoyed "Tour De France: The History, the Legend, the Riders" by Graham Fife. Some of the stories (and suffering!) from the early tours are incredible. I like the style of this book, it mixes tour history with the authors own experiences on some of the well-known climbs.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tour-France-His ... 282&sr=1-4
  • g3nzo
    g3nzo Posts: 10
    oh, and i'll add another vote for "The Rider" by Tim Krabbe, but try and read it in the mornings cos it makes you want to get out on the bike! :)
  • Unknown
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    My two passions in life are cycling and reading, however books on cycling generally leave me cold. Very few of them are any good and certainly none of the biographies of the star riders (Ronchhi's Pantani effort was particularly awful) float my boat. If you must bring a cycling book on holiday take Tim Krabbe's "The Rider" or Matt Seaton's very moving "The Escape Artist".

    My advice is to bring your bike (if you can) or hire one to get your cycling fix and then sit back with a Flashman by the pool.

    TdG
  • john richardson
    john richardson Posts: 495
    The Third Policeman, Flann O'Brien. Classic Irish literature. Best description of passionate love of man for bicycle ever written.
    No chain, no gain
  • john richardson
    john richardson Posts: 495
    PS has the Obree book been rereleased? I've never found it whilst browsing.
    No chain, no gain
  • top_bhoy
    top_bhoy Posts: 1,424
    <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by john richardson</i>

    PS has the Obree book been rereleased? I've never found it whilst browsing.
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    The Obree book has been about for quite a while now. I got my copy here though Cycling Weekly:

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/catalog/ ... cts_id=101

    Since its release, I have seen it in a LBS in Glasgow. I would have thought a good bookshop or LBS would be able to get it for you.

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  • Meds1962
    Meds1962 Posts: 391
    Graeme Fife's books 'Inside The Peleton' and 'Tour De France The History, The legend, The Riders' are both excellent.

    Obree's book can be hard going but if you're into triumph against adversity it's for you.

    I read Manuela Ronchi's 'Man on The Run' and wouldn't recommend it, not much cycling, more about his declining state of mind.

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