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When he was overtaken by a jogger on a borrowed mountain bike, Jo knew it was time for drastic action. Welcome to the world of a man in his 60s and his new e-bike. His first injury occurred within one foot! Setting off for his first practice ride round a car park, he misjudged the width of the handlebars and scraped his hand on the cycle shop's stone wall. You'll go places you'll never have dreamed of, said the shop owner. Prophetic words indeed. Eighteen hours later Jo was embedded in his neighbour's hedge due to a clothing malfunction.

If you can ride a bike across town, you can ride across the country. And all that spandex? It's totally optional. With this book, learn what to eat, where to sleep, how to find a route that works for you, what to pack, crack logistics for transporting your bike, the all-important psychology of touring, and why training sucks.

Train easy most of the time, and get faster. This is the measurable way to do it.If every run or ride ends up at the same medium-hard effort, you are stuck in the zone that is too hard to recover from and too easy to build top-end fitness. Zone 2 training is the fix that elite endurance athletes...

Med en essayistisk stil, og akkompagneret af interviews med ryttere, sportsdirektører, læger, og trænere beskrives den kompromisløse levevis, det kræver at blive en succesfuld cykelrytter. Fra træningslejre på øde vulkaner til styrt ned af bjergskrænter i sportsdirektørens bil og til...

Mit dem Fahrrad bis ans Ende der Welt: Extremreisen in Eis und Schnee Richard Löwenherz macht seinem Namen alle Ehre: Der "Lonely Traveller" macht sich auf in die entlegensten Regionen Europas und Asiens, ausgerüstet nur mit seinem Fahrrad, einer Kamera und dem nötigsten Gepäck. In "Eis...

Prepare yourself for How to Cycle Faster, which is packed full of proven methods that give rapid and remarkable results. Focus on techniques using established and powerful systems to guarantee success.

Les Woodland climbed aboard his old Carlton bike to take a nostalgia trip across Belgium and Holland to visit some of cycling's greatest riders. Cycling Heroes: The Golden Years tells the story of that journey he took in the early 1990s and the time he spent with some of the finest riders from the 1950s, '60s, and '70s.

What an exciting sport! This audiobook surveys the history, equipment, techniques, and safety factors of freestyle cross-country bicycle racing.

Finding time for triathlon training can feel impossible when you’re balancing parenthood, work, and everyday responsibilities. Triathlon Training for Busy Parents is here to show you how to fit endurance training into your life without compromising on your family or career. Designed specifically for time-crunched parents, this guide provides practical, efficient strategies to help you train smarter, not longer.

Champion of the world! For a year the World Cycling Champion gets to wear a special white jersey with rainbow stripes. And then, for the rest of his career, he can wear a jersey with rainbow cuffs and collar. Unlike the Tour de France's Yellow Jersey, which can only be worn while leading the race, the rainbow is earned for life.

"Der er blod i Ginos årer. I Faustos er der benzin." Rivaliseringen mellem de to cykelhelte Fausto Coppi og Gino Bartali antager episke dimensioner i essayet fra 1949 af den italienske forfatter og krigskorrespondent Curzio Malaparte (1898-1957). Hans skarpe prosa tager læseren med ind i hjertet af cykelsporten, og den berømte duel bliver et billede på kløften mellem tro og rationale, tradition og udvikling i Europa i tiden omkring Anden Verdenskrig.

Rebecca Rusch has run the gauntlet of endurance sports over her career as a professional athlete—climbing, adventure racing, whitewater rafting, cross-country skiing, and mountain biking—racking up accolades and world championships along the way.

Robert Penn ha montado en bicicleta casi todos los días de su vida. La utiliza para ir a trabajar, para darse baños de aire y sol, para mantenerse sano y para sentirse libre. Este es el relato de su historia de amor con el ciclismo y del viaje que emprendió para construir la bicicleta de sus sueños, un desenfrenado peregrinaje que lo conduce de inventores de bicicletas de montaña californianos a constructores de cuadros artesanales británicos.

Armed with a burning desire to ride a really long way on a bicycle, Tim mounted up and pedaled onward across the United States as a newly minted orphan and a middle-aged man on a mission. Along the way, he met new people, saw new places, and discovered a hidden strength. He also discovered a nearly endless parade of characters that, together, underscored how terrific it is to be above ground and riding a bike.

A profound insight into the stories behind the image of the Tour de France, showcasing the sacrifice, despair, strategy and chaos of those four weeks in July to reveal a fascinating new perspective on the greatest race on earth. Every year the Tour de France puts on one of the great viewing...

If you want to know more about bike tours, but you are not ready to go on your own bike touring experience yet, then this book will answer a couple of questions you may have, and, hopefully, it will also show you the way to have a successful bike tour. This guide focuses on everything you need to know about bike touring, but it also gives you information about the things you must do before, during, and after a bike tour.

Dirty Feet is a fresh look at the now more than 100-year-old Tour de France. Les Woodland goes back to the blue-collar origins of the race when the father of the Tour, Henri Desgrange, was so bothered by the hygiene of his tough, beloved racers that at the end of each stage he would publish the names of the riders who did not wash after a day of racing on France’s mostly dirt and often muddy roads. 

Max Radlers alltägliche wahre Erlebnisse im Straßenverkehr und auf Radreisen mit einem Augenzwinkern beschrieben. Der tägliche Kampf als Radfahrer, im Straßenverkehr zu bestehen. Von "schatzsuchenden" Radlern, Radtechnik und Stürzen. Wenn einer eine Radreise tut, dann kann er was erzählen.

Der preisgekrönte Radsportautor Andy McGrath zeichnet Pogačars einzigartigen Weg von seinem ersten Erfolg bei der Tour de l'Avenir im Jahr 2018 bis heute nach – und benennt die Gründe, die „Pogi" so unvergleichlich machen. Seit dem unerreichbaren Eddy Merckx hat kein Fahrer den internationalen Radsport mehr so dominiert wie Tadej Pogačar.

This is an adventure story of a man on a mission to experience the most exciting life possible. This takes place over just three months out of a five year journey of living and nonstop traveling in a van, seeking out the deepest forests with the most beautiful and extreme mountain biking adventures nature has to offer. Two countries, six states, 32 cities, spent over 75 days with 42 rides. Somewhere, not just anywhere! and definitely not lost! Oh God! this isn't a dream! My legs are toast! Wow! What a ride!