Quote Originally Posted by F8th637 View Post
When the cycling bug hit me I went to my closest library and checked out almost all their books on the subject. I have read most of the books published by Rodale who also publishes Bicycling magazine. I have Bike for Life, The Female Cyclist by Gayle Bernhardt, and Andy Pruitt's Complete Medical Guide for Cyclists. I have Bicycling Medicine by Arnie Baker but I like Andy Pruitt's better.
We also have Pruitt's book ..actually a gift book to my partner from I...but I did read it..before I wrapped it up. The book that I pored over and found spoke to me, as a female cyclist, when cycling love hit me...nearly 17 yrs. ago, was Susan Weaver's The Woman Cyclist. I believe there is a revised edition.

In terms of Long-Distance Cycling, I personally found the most helpful & inspiring books were:

cycling travelogue books by solo female cyclists which no doubt many TE forum members have read. Books by these authors who have written several:

*Josie Dew
*Dervla Murphy
*Anne Mustoe

I do have quite a collection of many of their bks. However I wish I could find that book about the woman who was a martial arts /karate practitioner and a cyclist travelling in Central Asia...it's lost in my collection somewhere.