Wiggo's autobiography

EKE_38BPM
EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
edited May 2012 in Commuting chat
I've just got a signed copy of In Pursuit Of Glory, Bradley Wiggin's autobiography for £2.50. It is signed, but I can't say for sure who signed it.

It's a good read so far.
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    is it the updated version?
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    No idea. I'll have a look later.

    What is the difference? When was the original penned and how long after was the update released?
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    It either includes the 09 TDF or it doesnt?

    Not that it makes any difference unless you dont know where he finished!

    Pretty good read though
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Spoiler query:
    He won didn't he?
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Spoiler query:
    He won didn't he?

    Yes.
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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Too early surely.

    There will be another book after he retires. I may be interested then.
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Depends on how you look at it.

    In terms of Pursuiting or Road - cos really this mostly concentrates on his track career

    Although to be fair its been a few years since i read it.

    Although i did read On tour

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/On-Tour-Bradley ... 140913136X

    Which i'd love to get some prints done from
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    rubertoe wrote:
    is it the updated version?
    rubertoe wrote:
    It either includes the 09 TDF or it doesnt?

    Not that it makes any difference unless you dont know where he finished!

    Pretty good read though

    Its got a sticker on the cover saying that it includes the Beijing Olympics. I'm over halfway through it, but he's at the start of 2007 TdF. About 80 pages to go and it is a pretty good read.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Sounds like the version I have, Eke. I think typically, the Tour edition has Wiggo in his Garmin kit on the front cover.

    It is a good read, in fact I thought it was very good. And interesting how he talks about Rod Ellingworth and "the numbers", considering the current dynamics at Sky.

    He's grown up a lot, as a cyclist, in the last few years though. He might be one who prefers to train 'by feel', but I get the impression he appreciates the science a little more nowadays. Did you read his interview in the latest Pro Cycling?
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    rubertoe wrote:
    It either includes the 09 TDF or it doesnt?

    Not that it makes any difference unless you dont know where he finished!

    Pretty good read though

    It doesn't. It finishes after Beijing 08.
    It will now live on my bookshelf until either it and/or I rot away. That is the life of a book, read once and then shelved.
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    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    And the way it should be. I have the updated version if you wanna borrow it.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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