Good read?

tbeat
tbeat Posts: 119
edited May 2008 in The bottom bracket
anybody any good cycling books they are reading at the mo? was looking around play.com and lance armstrong has quite a few books on him. any reccommendations?

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  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Try 'From Lance to Landis' if you're an Armstrong fan.

    8)
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    How about "The Art of Wheelbuilding" by Gerd Schraner. I actually read it cover to cover
    and have been building my own wheels ever since. I'm hooked.

    Dennis Noward
  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    Discovery road (not about Discovery team) This book is sooooo good I read it 3 times!
    The Escape Artist (Not about Houdini)
    Inside the pelaton
    Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/34335188@N07/3336802663/
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Currently reading Rough Ride. I'm enjoying it but can't seem to find any time to read it.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • yogi
    yogi Posts: 456
    Tour de Force by Dan Coyle is very good,probably the best book on Armstrong and co.

    Just read Richard Moore's book on Robert Millar - it's very well written and a fascinating read.

    Also Hutchinson's 'The Hour' is one of my favourites.
    http://yogi.terapad.com
  • drewfromrisca
    drewfromrisca Posts: 1,165
    I enjoyed inside the postal bus.
    There is never redemption, any fool can regret yesterday...

    Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave!
  • st68
    st68 Posts: 219
    23 days in july was a good read
    cheesy quaver
  • Crapaud
    Crapaud Posts: 2,483
    "Tour de France: The history, the Legend, the Riders" by Graeme Fife.

    From the Tour's origins to present day (well 2004 in my copy). Very entertaining, esp the early days when the riders cheated with imaginative flair.
    "The Flying Scotsman: The Graeme Obree Story"

    A very moving, very honest autobiography. "Mad, brilliant and human" according to L'Equipe.
    A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject - Churchill
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    "The Rider" by Tim Krabbe
    "The Hour" by Michael Hutchinson
    It's a Lifestyle! -+-+- Coggan Training Levels
  • mavesyn
    mavesyn Posts: 23
    Yogi's choices are spot on.
    Plus add, The Escape Artist, by Matt Seaton and A Peiper's Tale by Alan Peiper.
    http://merseysidebicycles.blogspot.com/
  • ChrisLS
    ChrisLS Posts: 2,749
    The Beautiful Machine by Graeme Fife

    It's not about the bike and Every second counts, both by Lance Armstrong. Inspiring stuff...
    ...all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...
  • heavymental
    heavymental Posts: 2,094
    st68 wrote:
    23 days in july was a good read

    You reckon!? I thought it was sht. I didn't finish it infact.

    Matt Rendells Pantani book is interesting, especially if you're a fan. Push a Little Bit Harder by Johnny Green is quite good fun.
  • sicrow
    sicrow Posts: 791
    Tour de Force the story of Lance and the build up to the 2004 tour by Dan Coyle

    a very good read
    http://www.action.org.uk/sponsor/simoncrowther
  • cbj
    cbj Posts: 44
    Just finished 'The Rider' Tim Krabbe thanks to recommendations on this site, I'm completely new to road cycling never mind racing and loved it - top book
  • pdstsp
    pdstsp Posts: 1,264
    In Pusuit of Stardom - Les Nomads de Velo Anglais - deeply evocative autobiographt by Tony Hewson about trying to make it as a pro in france post war - fantastic read.
  • tubby531
    tubby531 Posts: 18
    "Man on the run"
    It's about Marco Pantani,his career and the events that led to his death.

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