Some of cycling’s best stories are hidden or forgotten.
We’ve come across some good reading material lately, it being too cold and icy to ride so much and all. These four books reveal cycling personalities and events kept secret or left in the dark for too long…
Work and pleasure both revolve around cycling for the intrepid Flucke duo, Peter and Tracy. Perhaps not so unusual, except for the extent they will go to enjoy themselves. Taking time off from their business, a consultancy with a focus on cycling issues for municipalities and law enforcement, they like to go for a ride […]
For any of you with long flights or cabins in the woods this month, here are a few favorite cycling reads all available from Goodreads or Amazon… Displays of Affection by Sempé: France’s acclaimed cartoonist illustrates a book for those falling in (or out) of love. Shut Up Legs! by Jens Voigt: The only […]
Excellent reads for summer. Gironimo! Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy. by Tim Moore Laugh out loud funny, this just-released cyclobiography chronicles Tim Moore’s hilarious odyssey to cycle the first (and most extreme) route of the Giro d’Italia – in authentic, vintage style. It’s an amazing feat: 3600+ kilometers on a 100 year […]
Can’t ride? Escape with one of these. Mountain to Mountain. A journey of adventure and activism for the women of Afghanistan. Shannon Galpin A humbling read, for those of us who can put on a tank top and fly down the road on our bicycles. In this memoir, Shannon Galpin (honored by National Geographic magazine […]
One More Mountain: Road Warriors Explore America. Georgena introduced us to Janet Buckwalter in 2005 when she published her very entertaining, “How many cheeseburgers does it take to win the Tour de France?” Her newest book is a celebration of strength and bike-spiration, featuring ordinary people doing extraordinary things on wheels: “Dip your toes into […]
