Friday, 30 January 2009

Cycling Books

I've become a bit one dimensional in the last year or two in terms of the kind of books I read, they generally have something to do with cycling. The good thing about this is that I've started to build quite a nice collection on the subject.

I've read all of the books listed below (in alphabetical order) and can honestly say every one of them is a very good read, especially for the cycling enthusiast. Particular favourites of mine include, Breaking The Chain, French Revolutions: Cycling The Tour De France, In Search Of Robert Millar, It's Not About The Bike, One More Kilometre And We're In The Showers and The Death Of Marco Pantani.

A Bike Ride: 12,000 Miles Around The World - Anne Mustoe

A Dog In a Hat - Joe Parkin

Breaking The Chain - Willy Voet

Every Second Counts - Sally Jenkins

French Revolutions: Cycling The Tour De France - Tim Moore

In Pursuit Of Glory: The Autobiography - Bradley Wiggins

In Search Of Robert Millar - Richard Moore

It's Not About The Bike - Sally Jenkins

One More Kilometre And We're In The Showers - Tim Hilton

Put Me Back On My Bike: In Search Of Tom Simpson - William Fotheringham

Rough Ride - Paul Kimmage

Sex, Lies And Handlebar Tape: Jacques Anquetil - Paul Howard

The Death Of Marco Pantani: A Biography - Matt Rendel

The Eagle Of The Canavese - Herbie Sykes

The Hour - Michael Hutchinson

The Rider - Tim Krabbe

4 comments:

Dan Boulton said...

what about the rapha photo book? not reading i know but still a good book

Groover said...

Thanks for posting the list. There are a number of titles I haven't read, yet. I have to admit, I'm hardly reading any books at all these days as there is always a cycling mag laying around waiting to be read. :-)

Jason B said...

Didn't include my cycling photo book collection in this list but may well feature them seperately in another posting.

Dan Boulton said...

collection? you mean you have more than one! list them for me!
cycle cafe looks great...worth a visit when next down.
up to 10k rides now followed by two pints in pub! thursday fixed group.