reading suggestions?

[bikerz]

I really enjoyed The Rider by Tim Krabbé - an account of a long race in the French mountains in the cold rain. Parts of it are very funny. Krabbé was a amateur cyclist for a few years in the 70s, and is also a champion chess player.

[bmccasland]

My SS sent me [U]Miles from Nowhere[U], an enjoyable read! It is cycling related. Part of me wanted to get on a bike and go heavy duty touring, and part of me wanted that tour with a SAG truck in tow with hotel reservations every night.

[Starfish]

I can't recall the author, but there is a great nonfiction book called Twenty-One Days In July.

It is a very interesting and engaging book about the TdF. Well written and lots of fun...not dry, but also very informative.

[BikeDutchess]

I agree with all the recommendations for Miles From Nowhere -- it's my all-time favorite bicycle book. I still re-read it every so often. I also enjoyed the Hey Mom book.

A few other suggestions:

It's Not About The Tapas: A Spanish Adventure on Two Wheels. I very much enjoyed it, although some people didn't like all the history trivia she included in her narrative. I liked it, she describes the historical events in a very humorous way.

Bicycle Love: Stories of Passion, Joy, and Sweat. A wonderful collection of bicycling-themed short stories, personal essays really. There are a lot of people out there just as crazy about cycling as we are!

The Long Season: One Year of Bicycle Racing in California. An interesting inside look at bicycle racing (non-fiction), and what a tough road it is to move up in the ranks.

Tour de Life: From Coma to Competition. I know there's a recent thread about Saul, this book describes his amazing recovery from a life-threatening head injury he suffered while racing.

Happy reading!

[han-grrl]

There's a book by Neal Peart called the masked rider - its about his bike trip in africa. he's a really good writer

I also liked metal cowboy (i think mentioned already)

there's also Wheel within a wheel which is a short narrative about a woman learning to ride in the 1800's (or was it early 1900's). its a great read

On the trail of marco polo by fotheringham is about the authors ride along the silk road. another great read.

one gear no breaks by Lori Ann muenzer

if you want a no bike book that's funny read Julie and Julia, its a riot!

Happy reading!

han

[snapdragen]

I'll second the suggestion for Llamas and Empanadas, I really enjoyed Eleanor's story.

[kelownagirl]

I can't recall the author, but there is a great nonfiction book called Twenty-One Days In July.

It is a very interesting and engaging book about the TdF. Well written and lots of fun...not dry, but also very informative.

John Wilcockson. I have the book. All about Lance and the tdf.

[Starfish]

John Wilcockson. I have the book. All about Lance and the tdf.

Funny, I don't remember it being so much about Lance. I learned so much about the TourDF itself, and the towns, etc.

[elk]

I had to put Riding with The Blue Moth down....I tried and got 2/3 of the way through...but the writing was so incredibly numb, affectless and sentimental that I couldn't finish it. His homilies and metaphors were so overwrought, they read like afterthoughts.

I was drawn to it because I loved the title..."blue moth" is a great metaphor for depression....but he doesn't go deep enough to do more than say I was depressed.

I kept waiting to share the bike and the feelings of grief... but it all stayed on the surface...Anyway...

I did start reading Dan Coyle's Lance Armstrong's War...what a thriller! And he's a good writer...

[crazycanuck]

Tim Mulliner's Long Ride For A Pie

It's the story of an expat NZlander who bikes from London to NZ..Not a bad book!

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