Book Recommendations

[Trekhawk]

I have read a few good cycling books lately and wondered if anyone had any others they would like to recommend.

Here are the ones I have read and enjoyed so far:

Lance Armstrong's War - Daniel Coyle

A Significant Other - Matt Rendell

Heft On Wheels - Mike Magnuson

The Race - Dave Shields
The Tour - Dave Shields (Thanks for recommending these SK they were a great read and Dave Shields signed them both when we were at LRRH)

Bicycle Love - (these stories were all submitted to a writing contest Breakaway Books sponsored)

Metal Cowboy - Joe Kurmaskie

Chasing Lance - Martin Dugard.

[Nanci]

I did NOT like Inside the Postal Bus by, I think, Dave Barry.

I'm reading a book right now called 23 Days in July, about Lance's 6th TDF. Like a lot. Also about other riders.

I just finished "The Rider" by Tim Krabbe, which was very short, and I liked it a lot.

Travels With Lucy, by Chris Buerki. About a guy who rides from Florida to California with his dog in a trailer.

[Veronica]

Bob Roll's book Bobke was a good read.
Outside the Lines is quite similar to Metal Cowboy, but enjoyable.

V.

[Lifesgreat]

Need for the Bike by Paul Fournel

I really like this collection of VERY short essays about his observations of cycling and cyclists.

I also liked 23 Days in July and Heft on Wheels.

[SouthernBelle]

I did NOT like Inside the Postal Bus by, I think, Dave Barry.

Michael Barry. Dave Barry is a humor columnist formerly with the Miami paper.

[Nanci]

I think I have a _real_ Dave Barry book sitting at home, that I can't get into either!!

[Deanna]

A while ago I read a book, "Two Wheels: A Cycling Murder Mystery" by Greg Moody. I believe the author went on to write a whole series if you like mystery fiction.

[Cassandra_Cain]

I really enjoyed the Lance Armstrong's Wars book.

Good way to see the many faces of an individual....

[AllezGirl]

Miles From Nowhere by Barbara Savage

I could not put this down...for anyone who dreams of cycling around the world, this is a must read!

[mlove]

Tour de France, 1903-2003 : a century of sporting structures, meanings, and values, editors Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare

This is a really interesting set of essays about the Tour de France, its meaning in French history, its effect on the media, and its commercialism. There is an interview with Jean-Marie Le Blanc at the beginning and there are essays about doping problems at the end, but I haven't gotten that far yet. It was produced for the centenary. Some illustrations but not a big coffee-table book.

[Quillfred]

I am finishing a non-fiction that is great for those of us that are new to building distance:

"The Complete Book (usually this sends me running) of Long-Distance Cycling" by Edmund Burke and Ed Pavelka

There is much covered here and not the filler I have seen in other similar books.

[Cassandra_Cain]

I am finishing a non-fiction that is great for those of us that are new to building distance:

"The Complete Book (usually this sends me running) of Long-Distance Cycling" by Edmund Burke and Ed Pavelka

There is much covered here and not the filler I have seen in other similar books.

Hey! I've read that book, the one by Burke & Pavelka. Definitely, a different perspective than most other books.

[Eden]

If you've ever wondered about the messenger lifestyle you might try The Immortal Class - Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power by Travis Culley

[margo49]

Chasing the Chimney Sweep - a joyride around the first Tour de France by Selwyn Parker, Penguin 2006

Really nice light yarn about a trip thru rural France sort of on the route of the 1903 TdeF.

[limewave]

Fiction book with cycling that I enjoyed: The Memory of Running by Ron McClarty (I think). Synopsis: Man find salvation riding his road bike across country.