Bicycle Book Review Off to the Races: 25 Years of Cycling Journalism

書評「Off to the Races: 25 Years of Cycling Journalism」

Off to the Races: 25 Years of Cycling Journalism is a well written look at the past twenty-five years of how the sport of cycling has been reported in newspapers.

Journalist Samuel Abt and photographer Graham Watson have created a great read.

"Off to the Races: 25 Years of Cycling Journalism" presents all of the titans of cycling in the last quarter century: LeMond, Indurain, Moser, Sean Kelly, Claudio Ciapucci, Laurent Fignon, Bernard Hinault, Chris Boardman, Jan Ullrich, Mario Cipollini, and more are featured in articles from the recent past.

A pleasing stroll down memory lane.

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Bicycle Book Review Need for the Bike

書評「Need for the Bike」

Need for the Bike takes readers and riders into a world that revolves around the bicycle.

All people and things move via the bike.

The book is, to quote from its blurb: "...extended meditation on cycling as a practice of life, the book recalls a country doctor who will not anesthetize the young Fournel after he impales himself on a downtube shifter, speculates about the difference between animals that would like to ride bikes (dogs, for instance) and those that would prefer to watch (cows, marmots), and reflects on the fundamental absurdity of turning over the pedals mile after excruciating mile. At the same time, Fournel captures the sound, smell, feel, and language of the reality and history of cycling, in the mountains, in the city, escaping the city, in groups, alone, suffering, exhausted, exhilarated."

Fournel writes well on the myriad pleasures of cycling.


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