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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Cycling, skateboarding, rollerblading > Cycling
Bike racers were America's media darlings less than a century
ago-dashing, eccentric, and very rich daredevils. Until the 1920s
bike races drew larger crowds than all other American sports
events, including Major League Baseball games. Prize-winning racer
and journalist Peter Joffre Nye vividly re-creates this period of
sports history, forgotten until now, in Hearts of Lions, a true
story of courage, daring, and occasional lunacy. Revised, updated,
and expanded, this second edition of Hearts of Lions is based on
interviews with more than one thousand cyclists whose racing
careers span from 1908 through the 2016 Rio Olympics, along with
interviews with trainers and family members. Included are stories
about Joseph Magnani, the lone American from southern Illinois who
rode on the dusty roads of Europe in road racing's golden era of
the 1930s and 1940s; Lance Armstrong, whose rise in the mid-1990s
was eclipsed in the doping era that still casts a long shadow over
the sport; Kristin Armstrong, a three-time Olympic gold medalist
who set new standards for women in cycling; and Evelyn "Evie"
Stevens, who chucked a Wall Street career in her mid-twenties to
compete in two Olympics and win several world championship gold
medals. Hearts of Lions is a colorful, exciting, classic work on
the art of bicycle racing over 140 years against a backdrop of
social, political, and technical changes.
Ultralight Bike Touring and Bikepacking is the result of over
100,000 miles of lightweight human-powered travel undertaken
domestically and internationally by Justin Lichter and Justin
Kline. Together they detail backcountry skills, bikepacking gear,
and lightweight traveling techniques for self-supported cycling
adventures, whether you're planning an overnighter or multi-month
adventure. Whether you are a beginner or a veteran, this is the
most comprehensive book yet on traveling further and lighter.
This guidebook (fully updated in 2020) contains all you need to
plan and enjoy a holiday walking or cycling along Scotland's
historic Great Glen (77 miles/124 km). The Way runs between Fort
William and Inverness, passing beside Scotland's highest mountain,
along its historic Caledonian Canal and alongside beautiful lochs,
including Loch Ness with its famous monster legend and Urquhart
Castle. This sixth edition has fresh mapping at 1:38,000 on 13
pages, with detailed relief contours and colouring; on rainproof
paper throughout; in full colour, with 100+ photos; visitor
attractions and hills to climb including Ben Nevis; town plans of
Fort William and Inverness; background on local geology, history
and wildlife; summary of each section showing distance, terrain,
altitude profile and food/drink stops; planning information for
travel by car, train, bus or plane. This guidebook contains all you
need to plan and enjoy the Great Glen Way - on foot or on a bike:
detailed mapping on 13 pages at 1:38,000 hill and mountain
side-trips including Ben Nevis background on canal heritage, clan
history and wildlife detailed description for each section walked
from Fort William to Inverness summaries showing distance, terrain,
food/drink stops and altitude profile planning information for
walkers and cyclists town plans of Fort William and Inverness in
full colour, with 100+ photos, many of them new rucksack-friendly
and on rainproof paper.
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