Bicycle Racing & Training Books

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These titles cover the sport of bicycle racing. Some focus on professional cycling, while others offer training programs & tips for amateur bicycle racers.

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         Item #: B2568
TITLE: A Gear Higher[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Keith Code & David Gordon
Price: $ 19.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.96
      The bicycle racer's handbook of techniques.
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         Item #: B0662
TITLE: Adventure Athletes: Cyclists[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Steven Boga
Pages: 240 6" x 9" pages, 18 b/w photos
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      Features valuable tips from experts, covering:
      * Proper preparation
      * Intelligent training
      * Efficient climbing
      * Nutrition
      * Safety
      This book profiles:
      * Dave Scott
      * Greg Lemond
      * John Howard
      * Sally Vantress
      * Eric Heiden
      * Elaine Mariolle
      * Martha Kennedy
      * Kenneth Crutchlow
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         Item #: B2946
TITLE: Adventure Racing: The Ultimate Guide[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Liz Caldwell & Barry Siff
Pages: 256 7" x 10" pages, color & b/w photos
Price: $ 24.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 19.96
      Experts Caldwell & Siff take you from a brief history to the many disciplines of the sport. You'll get definitions of adventure racing language & terms, a list of the gear you'll need & instructions on how to use it, information on how to successfully train for for each discipline, and much more. Advice on finding team members, training together, and information on the sport's unique aspects, such as nighttime racing and preventing injury & illness, make this the ultimate guide.
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         Item #: B1291
TITLE: An Intimate Portrait of the Tour de France: Masters & Slaves of the Road[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Philippe Brunei
Pages: HARCOVER, 155 pages, photos
Price: $ 39.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 31.96
      "A superb photographic study of the history of the Tour de France in an intimate history of the great race, from its formative years in the in the early 1900's to the modern era & the dominance of Spanish superstar Miguel Indurain."
      - Jeremy Whittle, Channel 4's official Tour de France guide
     
      The author, Philippe Brunel, is a well-known writer for L'Equipe magazine.
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         Item #: B1614
TITLE: Bicycle Racing in the Modern Era: 25 Years at VeloNews[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): editors at VeloNews
Pages: 218 pages, photos, illustrations, maps
Price: $ 19.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.96
      A compilation of articles from the past 25 years at VeloNews magazine. Each article includes framework information and a then & now section about the major players.
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         Item #: B3092
TITLE: Bobke II[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Bob Roll
Pages: 195 6" x 9" pages
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      Bob Roll, loving known to his as Bobke (boob-ka), is best described as the gonzo voice of professional cycling. With wry wit, Roll captures the very essence of the sport & gives us an insider's guide to what it takes to ride in the peloton.
      Bobke II revisits all of the original Bobke journals of Roll's wild rides & crazy tales about cycling's uncensored side as well as his crazed poetic commentary following his retirement from the peloton. His newest additions cover topics held reverent in cycling, as well as those hardly related to the sport. Bobke tips his cap to the classic riders & races, takes us on a grueling week of training with Lance Armstrong, tells the sport as he sees it, and entertains us with plenty of diddies & rants in between. Hold on, because it's a zany, often absurd, yet compelling commotion.
      Bob Roll is a former Tour de France racer & mountain bike competitor, a training partner of Lance Armstrong during his comeback from cancer, a VeloNews columnist, and a television commentator.
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         Item #: B2180
TITLE: In Pursuit of the Yellow Jersey: Bicycle Racing in the Year of the Tortured Tour[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Samuel Abt & James Startt
Pages: 192 6" x 9" pages, plus a 16 page color photo insert
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      Bicycle racing has lost much of its innocence, & in the 1998 season, doping scandals & sponsorship battles surfaced as much as the sport itself. It made for an interesting year, with much to reflect upon about the sport & the Tour de France.
      Writer Samuel Abt & photographer-writer James Startt follow the 1998 professional bicycle racing season & the Tour de France. The book is divided into three parts:
      * "All Roads Lead to the Tour", about the early season
      * "The Tour de France"
      * "Along the Road of the Tour"
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         Item #: B2273
TITLE: Lance Armstrong's Comeback from Cancer[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Samuel Abt
Pages: 176 6" x 9" pages, 12 pages of color photos, b/w photos
Price: $ 16.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 13.56
      The dramatic comeback biography of Lance Armstrong, the American racer who won the 1999 Tour de France, just two and a half years after being diagnosed with cancer.
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         Item #: B0075
TITLE: Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Andrew Ritchie
Pages: 304 pages, 32 pages of photos
Price: $ 15.95
      Major Taylor was born in Indianapolis in 1878. He went on to become American sprint champion 1898-1900, the first black world champion in any sport, and 1-mile record holder. A deeply religious man, Taylor once turned down $10,000 for a tour of Europe because he would not race on Sunday.
     
      "A fresh insight into the life of Major Taylor. It provides a fuller appreciation of the importance of cycling at the turn of the century when Major Taylor was literally the fastest man on earth."
      - Arthur R. Ashe, Jr.
     
      "Revealing story of an intriguing and undeservedly forgotten American sports star."
      - Greg Lemond
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         Item #: B1376
TITLE: Pedaling for Glory: Victory & Drama in Professional Bicycle Racing[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Samuel Abt
Pages: 160 6" x 9" pages, 40 illustrations
Price: $ 14.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 11.96
      The 1996 pro bicycle racing season was one of the most dramatic in history & Samuel Abt put the reader in touch with the excitement. He focuses on the people - the favorite who is forced to abandon the race, & the newcomer who rises to glory. From the early races in March, braving ice & snow in Italian Terreno-Adriatico, to the sweltering heat at the Spanish Vuelta & the Summer Olympics, the book follows the races & racers in what Greg LeMond described as the toughest job in the world.
     
      Samuel Abt is an editor for the International Herald Tribune in Paris. He has been writing about cycle racing for more than two decades & his articles appear regularly in the New York Times and cycling periodicals such as Velo News. He is the only American to have won the medal of the Tour de France for distinguished service to the sport. His writing is also highly recommended by Pete & Ed Books.
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         Item #: B1974
TITLE: The 1998 Tour de France: Conquests & Crises[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): VeloNews editors
Pages: 220 pages, 16 pages of color photos
Price: $ 19.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 15.96
      For many reasons the 85th Tour de France was one of the most memorable tours ever:
      * Pantani's courageous climbs
      * Ullrich's resilience
      * Julich's historic ride
      * The drug scandal that threatened the Tour itself
      Relive this magnificent & tumultuous tour through the words & photos of VeloNews writers & photographers, the wonderful tour diary of U.S. Postal Service rider Frankie Andreau, & the magnificent color photographs of Graham Watson.
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         Item #: B2181
TITLE: The Giro d'Italia: Coppi versus Bartali at the 1949 Tour of Italy[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Dino Buzzati
Pages: 208 5.5" x 8.5" pages, b/w photos
Price: $ 17.95 @ 20.0% off = $ 14.36
      The 1949 Tour of Italy was perhaps the most famous Giro of them all, pitting bitter arch-rivals Fausto Coppi & Gino Bartali as they battled it out in the first Tour held on Italian soil since World War II. Buzzati's account is a true classic of cycling journalism.
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         Item #: B2245
TITLE: Tour de France: The History, the Legends, the Riders[Add to Cart] [View Cart]
Author(s): Graeme Fife
Pages: 240 6" x 9" pages, 8 pages of photos
Price: $ 19.95
      The tales of great solo rides, amazing fortitude & gallantry, misfortune & triumph that emerge from the Tour de France's remarkable history form a memorable portrait of both the cyclists & the race.
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