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The Cyclist and His Shadow

Author : Olivier Haralambon
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452967903
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book The Cyclist and His Shadow written by Olivier Haralambon and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosopher and former racing cyclist examines how competitive riders lose their sense of self as they pursue perfect motion and mastery over pain After ten years as a racing cyclist, riding in up to ninety races a year, Olivier Haralambon became a journalist and philosopher. In The Cyclist and His Shadow, he writes about the world of competitive cycling with rare honesty and self-reflection, exploring it not merely as a sport but as a spiritual and artistic practice, imbued with a mystical quality. In prose at once poetic and precise, Haralambon depicts the intensity of cycling as physical activity in which the rider’s consciousness becomes inseparable from the instantaneous movements of limbs, the exertion of heart and lungs, and the marshaling and expenditure of energy. He describes riding as an ascetic activity always accompanied by pain that the cyclist can control but never fully eliminate. But cycling for Haralambon is not only suffering but also an addictively pleasurable activity in which the rider’s sense of self dissolves and melds with the bicycle, mind and body exploring the vibrant solitude of the course and limits of human endurance. Engaging in the repetition of ascension and the endless hours immersed in an oceanic interior, cyclists are artists in the vastness of landscape, both interior and exterior. Published in association with The Cycling Podcast (https://thecyclingpodcast.com), The Cyclist and His Shadow offers an illuminating meditation on what drives cyclists to devote their lives and bodies to training, racing, and even doping. Drawing from personal experience, Haralambon presents cycling as simultaneously physical and creative, technological and mystical, torturous and ecstatic.

Tomorrow, We Ride--

Author : Jean Bobet
Publisher : Mousehold Press for Basque Children of '37 Association UK
ISBN 13 : 9781874739517
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Tomorrow, We Ride-- written by Jean Bobet and published by Mousehold Press for Basque Children of '37 Association UK. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the lives of the Bobet brothers - Louison, triple Tour de France winner and Jean who gave up an academic career to ride in the service of his brother. This story brings alive the romance of the great races and star riders of those post war days whose exploits lifted the public spirit after years of conflict and economic hardship.

The Night Cyclist

Author : Stephen Graham Jones
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 0765391880
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book The Night Cyclist written by Stephen Graham Jones and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2016-09-28 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Night Cyclist" by award-winning author Stephen Graham Jones is a horror novelette about a middle-aged chef whose nightly bicycle ride home is interrupted by an unexpected encounter. There must be no compulsion to hide the bodies. Otherwise I’d have never found them. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Around the World on a Bicycle

Author : Fred A. Birchmore
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820357294
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Around the World on a Bicycle written by Fred A. Birchmore and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic, once hard-to-find travelogue recalls one of the very first around-the-world bicycle treks. Filled with rarely matched feats of endurance and determination, Around the World on a Bicycle tells of a young cyclist’s ever-changing and maturing worldview as he ventures through forty countries on the eve of World War II. It is an exuberant, youthful account, harking back to a time when the exploits of Richard Byrd, Amelia Earhart, and other adventurers stirred the popular imagination. In 1935 Fred A. Birchmore left the small American town of Athens, Georgia, to continue his college studies in Europe. In his spare time, Birchmore toured the continent on a one-speed bike he called Bucephalus (after the name of Alexander the Great’s horse). A born wanderer, Birchmore broadened his travels to include the British Isles and even the Mediterranean. After a lengthy, unplanned detour in Egypt, Birchmore put his studies on hold, pointed Bucephalus eastward, and just kept going. From desert valleys to frozen peaks, from palace promenades to muddy jungle trails, Birchmore saw it all on his eighteen-month, twenty-five-thousand-mile odyssey. Some of the people he encountered had never seen a bike—or, for that matter, an Anglo-European. As a good travel experience should, Birchmore’s trip changed his outlook on strangers. Always daring, outgoing, and energetic, he now saw an innate goodness in people. In between bone-breaking spills, wild animal attacks, and privation of all kinds, Birchmore learned that he had little to fear from human encounters. That he traveled through a world on the brink of global war makes this lesson even more remarkable—and timeless.

Shut Up, Legs!

Author : Jens Voigt
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1623365201
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Shut Up, Legs! written by Jens Voigt and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beloved German cyclist Jens Voigt isn't a superstar in the traditional sense of the word. Although he won three stages of the Tour De France--and wore the yellow jersey twice--Voigt never claimed an overall victory. He became a star because he embodies qualities that go beyond winning and losing: sacrifice, selflessness, reliability, and devotion. European and American crowds were drawn to his aggressive riding style, outgoing nature, and refreshing realness. Voigt adopted a tireless work ethic that he carried throughout his career. In Shut Up, Legs! (a legendary Jensism), Voigt reflects upon his childhood in East Germany, juggling life as a professional cyclist and a father of six, and how he remained competitive without doping. Shut Up, Legs! offers a rare glimpse inside his heart and mind.

Heroes, Villains and Velodromes

Author : Richard Moore
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 000726531X
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Heroes, Villains and Velodromes written by Richard Moore and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scottish cyclist Chris Hoy, the reigning Olympic champion, has been instrumental in British track cycling's remarkable transformation from also-rans to a leading world superpower. Author Richard Moore shadows Hoy throughout the current season to provide a revealing insight into the hitherto guarded world of track cycling.

Regional Workshops on Bicycle Safety

Author : Vincent Stephen Darago
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Regional Workshops on Bicycle Safety written by Vincent Stephen Darago and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report contains abridged staff presentations in the following areas: Background, Comprehensive Safety Program Planning, Six Major Accident Groups, Education Concepts, Implementation Theory, Program Cost, Facilities Concepts, and Evaluation. A state of the art of bicycle safety is formulated based upon the programs in common practice in the United States.

Kings of the Mountains

Author : Matt Rendell
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Kings of the Mountains written by Matt Rendell and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time Matthew Rendell tells the little-known story of a Latin American country in which cycling is the national sport, whose sportsmen, denied the enormous benefits of prosperity, cutting-edge technology and unlimited sponsorship, have nevertheless achieved prodigious cycling feats both at home and abroad, and helped to forge for Colombia a heroic national identity. He tells of how, during the fifties, Colombia's own top cycle race, the Vuelta de Colombia, was still being held on dusty, unpaved roads - with consequentially ghastly accidents; of how the first top European cyclists who came to race in Colombia found themselves utterly vanquished by its endless mountain climbs; of how the biography of Colombia's first cycling superstar was written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Then, following the story through to the seventies and eighties, he shows how Colombia's cyclists began to make their mark abroad, even in the ultimate competition, the Tour de France - and, while they may have lacked the team discipline and the pace training to win the race itself, how to them the premier accolade was to become King of the Mountains, by beating everyone else in the Tour's most drainin

Eat, Sleep, Ride

Author : Paul Howard
Publisher : Greystone Books
ISBN 13 : 1553658183
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book Eat, Sleep, Ride written by Paul Howard and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Paul Howard, who has ridden the entire Tour de France route during the race itself—setting off at 4 am each day to avoid being caught by the pros—riding a small mountain-bike race should hold no fear. Still, this isn’t just any mountain-bike race. This is the Tour Divide. Running from Banff in Canada to the Mexican border, the Tour Divide is more than 2,700 miles—500 miles longer than the Tour de France. Its route along the Continental Divide goes through the heart of the Rocky Mountains and involves more than 200,000 feet of ascent—the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest seven times. The other problem is that Howard has never owned a mountain bike—and how will training on the South Downs in southern England prepare him for sleeping rough in the Rockies? Entertaining and engaging, Eat, Sleep, Ride will appeal to avid and aspiring cyclers, as well as fans of adventure/travel narrative with a humorous twist.

Popular Photography

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Photography written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flying to Calcutta

Author : Robert Ayres Carter
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1413481892
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Flying to Calcutta written by Robert Ayres Carter and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-03-28 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Valley of Heaven and Hell

Author : Susie Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780993092299
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book The Valley of Heaven and Hell written by Susie Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2015-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join novice cyclist Susie Kelly as she embarks on a marathon bike ride through a little-known area of northern France full of history and flowing with champagne.

Hell on Two Wheels

Author : Amy Snyder
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1617495190
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Hell on Two Wheels written by Amy Snyder and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contestants have died, been maimed, and spiraled down into the nightmarish realm of madness. Half of them don't finish--in fact, only 200 racers have ever made it to the end. "Outside" magazine calls it "the toughest test of endurance in the world." RAAM (the Race Across America) is a bicycle race like no other. This epic race is the most brutal organized sporting event you've never heard of and one of the best-kept secrets in the sports world. Author Amy Snyder follows a handful of athletes before, during, and after the 2009 event, the closest and most controversial in history. "Hell on Two Wheels" is a thrilling and remarkably detailed account of their ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies. By experiencing the race from the perspective of the racers themselves, "Hell on Two Wheels" breaks new ground in helping us appreciate how such a grueling effort can be so cleansing and self-revelatory. This is more than just a race; it's a monster, a crucible, an unforgettable allegory about the human experience of pain and joy and self-discovery.

Light and Color in the Outdoors

Author : Marcel Minnaert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780387979359
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (793 download)

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Download or read book Light and Color in the Outdoors written by Marcel Minnaert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1995-04-13 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of science springs from the observation of nature. In this classic book, the late Professor Minnaert accompanies the reader on a tour of nature's light and color and reveals the myriad phenomena that may be observed outdoors with no more than a pair of eyes and an enquiring mind. From the intriguing shape of the dapples beneath a tree on a sunny day, via rainbows, mirages, and haloes, the colors of liquid, ice, and the sky, to the appearance of the sun, moon, planets, and stars - Minnaert describes and explains them all in a clear language accessible to laymen. This new English edition is supplemented by 80 plates, over half of them in color, taken by the acclaimed photographer Pekka Parviainen, illustrating many of the phenomena - ordinary and exotic - discussed in the book.

The Comeback

Author : Daniel de Visé
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN 13 : 0802165796
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Comeback written by Daniel de Visé and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Greg LeMond was Lance Armstrong before Lance Armstrong . . . the story of a true hero . . . This is a must read if you believe in miracles.”―John Feinstein, New York Times–bestselling author In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the world’s pre-eminent bicycle race, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his life in peril after a hunting accident, his career as a bicycle racer seemingly over. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted a comeback almost without parallel in professional sports. In summer 1989, he again won the Tour—arguably the world’s most grueling athletic contest—by the almost impossibly narrow margin of 8 seconds over another French legend, Laurent Fignon. It remains the closest Tour de France in history. “[A] blend of chaos, kindness and cruelty typifies the scenes that journalist de Visé brings to life in this sympathetic-verging-on-reverential retelling of LeMond’s trailblazing career (first American to enter the tour, first to win it) . . . As an author in quest of his protagonist’s motivation, [de Visé] subjects it to extreme torque.”—The Washington Post “A great book . . . Well written and thoroughly researched . . . Engrossing and hard to put down. If you’re a Greg LeMond fan, The Comeback is a must read because it’s a detailed accounting of his career and―more importantly―his life and person off the bike. It’s also an important reminder that American cycling did not begin and end with Lance Armstrong.”—PEZ

The House at Number 10

Author : Dorothy Johnston
Publisher : Wakefield Press
ISBN 13 : 9781862546837
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (468 download)

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Download or read book The House at Number 10 written by Dorothy Johnston and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie Harper is abandoned by her husband and left with a four-year- old daughter to support. She finds work in an old house in Canberra that is being used as a brothel. She falls under the house's strangely comforting spell, and discovers the capacity to learn from the men and women she encounters there.

The Man and His Bike

Author : Wilfried de Jong
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473529107
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Man and His Bike written by Wilfried de Jong and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world as seen from a bike 'Understated, comic and melancholic... It’ll inspire you to get back on your bike.' Martin Love, The Guardian ‘One of the most entertaining sports books I have ever read’ Joe Short, The Daily Express In this award-winning collection of cycling tales, Wilfried de Jong uncovers the true soul of cycling – why we do it, why we watch it, why we hate it, why we love it – stripped bare. With his distinctly comic and melancholic charm Wilfried ponders life, love and death on his trusted bike, chasing the essence of our existence against the backdrop of major cycling events or while roaming alone in nature. Whether he is describing being ejected from Paris-Roubaix, a terminal incident with a bird while out riding, or explaining why he is standing stark naked on Belgian cobbles with a tyre in his hand, Wilfried unlocks a sport that involves so much pain, punishment, and a high probability of failure, but that will always liberate and inspire us.