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Freedom rider is an adventure in extreme endurance sport, as well
as an inquiry into the unique story of our fascinating country.
When journalist Kevin Davie started riding his mountain bike in
remote, wide-open South African spaces he found himself on a 10 000
km journey that tested his courage and determination through
blizzards, lightning and hail storms as well as forty degree heat,
forging new trails through rocky and mountainous terrain. On his
journey, Kevin completed the Freedom Challenge, the Spine (the
Drakensberg from end to end), the Ride to Rhodes and the Ganna
(Beitbridge to Cape Town). This is riding minimalism, the rider
carrying all his requirements without any back-up vehicle. Two of
the longest rides, 5 000 kms in all, are ridden solo. This is his
story - why athletes push themselves to rise to the challenge of
extreme sport - as well as an account of the country and the
incredible warmth and support from locals who reach out to help in
so many ways.
In December 2012, Juliana Buhring became the first woman to
circumnavigate the world by bicycle. With only a few months of
training and little sponsorship, support or money she left from
Naples on 23 July 2012 to cycle the world. Raised in a religious
cult as a child, Juliana finally broke away as a young adult and
found her soul mate - an explorer seeking the source of unmapped
rivers in Africa. When he was killed by a crocodile, her world went
dark. To escape her grief, she decided to set herself a challenge.
Having never seriously ridden a bike, she set out to ride around
the world. 18,000 miles, 152 days, 4 continents, 19 countries, 29
punctures, 6 big mountains, 1 desert and a cyclone later, she made
it back just days before Christmas with a Guinness World Record.
Empowering, inspiring, often humorous, This Road I Ride is
testimony to the power of sheer will to overcome any obstacle.
Discover a true story of adventure, blood, sweat and gears.
Rod Ismay has a passion (some would say obsession) for the Tour de
France. If you think you know someone who is obsessed, think again,
but fortunately Rod's issues found their natural home when his
native Yorkshire became the host for the 2014 Grand Depart. Rod
also has another passion - as well as cycling he is quite keen on
bell-ringing, so why not combine the two? Why not get all the bells
ringing along the Tour route, why not organise countless events,
countless meetings, why not drag in churches far and wide, why not
involve your employer, your friends, your family, why not
photo-bomb five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault? Rod threw
himself, his King of the Mountains jersey and his endless
enthusiasm head first into making this Grand Depart about as good
and memorable as it could be. Rod has written with passion about
Yorkshire, its people, those two stages of the world's greatest
cycle race and the churches, ringing their bells all along the race
route. If you like cycling then you will love this book. If you
know Yorkshire then you will read this book with pride. If you are
thinking of marrying a Tour de France obsessive then you need to
read this book first.
The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling memoir from the Tour de France cyclist
who lifts the lid on his drug use and return to sport. By his
eighteenth birthday David Millar was living and racing in France,
sleeping in rented rooms, tipped to be the next English-speaking
Tour winner. A year later he'd realised the dream and signed a
professional contract. He perhaps lived the high life a little too
enthusiastically - he broke his heel in a fall from a roof after
too much drink, and before long the pressure to succeed had tipped
over into doping. Here, in a full and frank autobiography, David
Millar recounts the story from the inside: he doped because
'cycling's drug culture was like white noise', and because of peer
pressure. 'I doped for money and glory in order to guarantee the
continuation of my status.' Five years on from his arrest, Millar
is clean and reflective, and holds nothing back in this account of
his dark years.
n this beautifully illustrated guide to travelling across France by
bike you will discover hidden lanes, stunning gorges, amazing
places to eat and stay, plus the best of French cycling culture.
This iconic journey of more than 1000 miles takes you through no
fewer than 21 of France's regional departements and into some of
the country's most striking and dramatic landscapes helping you to
discover the true heart of rural France. Ride one section, follow a
mini itinerary, or complete the entire challenge! Starting in
St.Malo on the coast of Brittany the route winds its way through
quiet lanes on the banks of rivers, through dramatic gorges and
quintessentially French villages before reaching the dazzling
glamour of Nice on the French Riviera. Beautifully illustrated
maps, detailed directions and PDF downloads guide you along the
route providing essential information and revealing the many hidden
secrets of the area.
WINNER OF THE 2018 GIRO D'ITALIA! THREE TIME WINNER OF THE TOUR DE
FRANCE. THE FIRST MAN SINCE BERNARD HINAULT TO HOLD THE MAGLIA
ROSA, THE MAILLOT JAUNE AND THE MAILLOT ROJO AT THE SAME TIME. THIS
IS CHRIS FROOME IN HIS OWN WORDS. 'Engaging, vividly evoked' Mail
on Sunday, Books of the Year 'What Chris has done is phenomenal'
Sir Chris Hoy Growing up in Kenya, biking down mile after mile of
dusty road, and staying in a humble tin hut, he developed a fierce
passion and determination to win. The road to Europe was long,
gruelling and filled with setbacks - but it prepared him for
teamwork as a domestique and then the leap to leader of Team Sky
and a shot at winning the Tour de France. In The Climb, written
with the renowned investigative reporter David Walsh, he vividly
recounts the struggles, the rivalries, the battles, the comebacks.
Finally he traces his path to triumph and his mission to help clean
up cycling. Inspiring and exhilarating, it will leave you ready to
face your own challenges in life, whatever they may be.
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Piglettes
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Clementine Beauvais; Translated by Clementine Beauvais
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A wickedly funny and life-affirming coming-of-age roadtrip story -
winner of France's biggest prize for teen and YA fiction Mireille,
Astrid and Hakima have just been voted the three ugliest girls in
school by their classmates on Facebook. But does that mean they're
going to sit around crying about it?... Well, maybe a little, but
not for long! Climbing onto their bikes, the friends set off on a
summer roadtrip to Paris. The girls will find fame, friendship and
happiness on their journey, and still have time to eat a mountain
of food (and drink the odd glass of wine) along the way. But will
they really be able to leave all their troubles behind? Piglettes
is a hilarious, beautiful and uplifting story of three girls who
are determined not to let online bullying get them down.
At the end of the nineteenth century, cycling's popularity surged
in the Boston area, but by 1900, the trend faded. Within the next
few decades, automobiles became commonplace and roads were
refashioned to serve them. Lorenz J. Finison argues that bicycling
witnessed a renaissance in the 1970s as concerns over physical and
environmental health coalesced. Whether cyclists hit the roads on
their way to work or to work out, went off-road in the mountains or
to race via cyclocross and BMX, or took part in charity rides,
biking was back in a major way. Finison traces the city's cycling
history, chronicling the activities of environmental and social
justice activists, stories of women breaking into male-dominated
professions by becoming bike messengers and mechanics, and
challenges faced by African American cyclists. Making use of
newspaper archives, newly discovered records of local biking
organizations, and interviews with Boston-area bicyclists and bike
builders, Boston's Twentieth Century Bicycling Renaissance brings
these voices and battles back to life.
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