COFFEE TABLE BOOKS & LEISURE READS
Ruben Van Gucht. “Through photographs, stories and quotes, this book recounts the twenty biggest moments in his career, from his first solos as a junior rider and his win on professional debut to his dazzling attack in the French championships in 1978 and the World Championships that he won so impressively in Sallanches.”
Herbie Skyes. “Put simply, the book strips away many of the half-truths and downright lies which have been grafted onto his legend over the decades. As such it’s a very different kind of sports biography, and a must-have for all genuine cycling fans.”
Guy Andrews. “But, as this book shows, Magnum’s finest photographers provide a uniquely timeless view of cycle racing. Photography is so often about capturing the moment, and cycling is all about moments: the anticipation, the team cars, the police, the journalists, and the whole multicolored circus before the race has even arrived. And when it does, it’s through and gone in a heartbeat.”
Bradley Wiggins. “On July 22, 2012, Bradley Wiggins made history as the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Ten days later, at the London Olympic Games, he won the time trial to become his country’s most decorated Olympian. In an instant, “Wiggo”— now Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins— became a national hero.”
Thames & Hudson. “A collection of 100 postcards, each featuring an iconic bicycle. From racing bikes to tandems and eccentric designs coveted by collectors, all appear in the book Cyclepedia, the definitive publication of innovative bicycle designs, available in bookstores and online throughout the world.”
Phil Gaimon. “What’s Ask a Pro?” “It’s the answer to every question you could have about pro cycling, including all the weird and distasteful stuff people don’t usually ask but can’t wait to read.”
Guy Andrews. “In Greg LeMond: Yellow Jersey Racer LeMond’s biggest wins are documented with unique and exclusive photography depicting the racing times of this exceptional bike rider.”
Tim Lewis. “Lewis is a reporter of rare skill and he writes with wit and verve. Land of Second Chances is by turns horrifying, moving, and unexpectedly funny. It’s also the sports book of the year by a backcountry mile.” - Esquire UK
Jamie Smith. “A bike race is like a chess game, a boxing match, and a stampede disguised as a sport, encompassed by a lifestyle, and surrounded by a community on never-ending road trip to the brink of bankruptcy.”
Owen Mulholland. “Uphill Battle reveals the classic themes of the human condition, from heroism, teamwork, superb athleticism, and personal sacrifice to jealousy, deceit, and sabotage.”
Phil Gaimon. “Presented here as a guide— and a warning— to aspiring racers who dream of joining the professional cycling circus, Phil’s adventures in road rash serve as a hilarious and cautionary tale of feckless directors and broken promises.”
Max Leonard. “Leonard extracts the dignity that sometimes exists in sporting failure; this is not the world of Armstrong, Keane, or Pietersen and it is all the more appealing because of that.” - The Observer
The Horton Collection. Images from Cycling’s Glory Days. “Drawn from one of the world’s finest collections of cycling artifacts, Goggles & Dust presents more than 100 rarely seen photographs from bicycle racing’s heyday.”
Richard Moore. “Tour de France, 1986: The battle lines are drawn. American’s hope, Greg LeMond, fights to dethrone “the Badger,” French hero Bernard Hinault.”
Joe Friel. “Getting older doesn’t mean getting slower! Drawing from the most current research on aging and sports performance, Joe Friel— American’s leading endurance sports coach— shows how athletes can race strong and stay healthy well past age 50.”
Charlie Kelly. “The true, complete, and extraordinary tale of the invention of repack and the rise of mountain biking.”
Mark Cavendish. “At Speed accelerates you into the fast lane and across the finish line with vivid candor that has made Mark Cavendish cycling’s brightest and most likable star.”
Gerard Brown and Graeme Fife. “On a modern bicycle, carbon fibre, titanium and ceramics are combined with hand-worked steel, CNC’d aluminum and finely tooled leather. There’s also a deep rich tradition of engineering excellence allied to artisan eccentricity in all parts of the bicycle industry. Some manufacturers are still using processes that have changed little over 50 years, while others revel in the challenge of marrying the latest materials with innovative design to create the ultimate riding experience.”
Paul Smith. “The scrapbook illustrates Paul’s favorite people, races and places in the cycling world through the romantic and beautiful images that inspired him.”
Tom Ambrose. “Illustrated in full color with a wide range of photographs, The History of Cycling in Fifty Bikes tells the story of the bicycle through 50 iconic machines, spanning the full timeline of bike evolution, from primitive wooden two-wheelers to today’s carbon-fiber super bikes to the futuristic designs now on the horizon. At once retrospective and forward-looking, this book celebrates all that is great about one of the world’s greatest inventions.”
Graham Watson. “Not only do both cyclists and landscapes bring their own distinct beauty, but each enhances the other, through the striking contrast of stillness and action.”
Guy Andrews and Rohan Dubash with photography by Taz Darling. “Bike Mechanic will show you precisely how to set up your bike while entertaining you with true stories from the back of the truck at the spring classics, the Tour de France, and the service course.”
Inside the dirt game of doping in sports. Mark Johnson. “Spitting in the Soup is an eye-opening tour through the ethical, social, and economic clamor that arises from our ongoing efforts to create a sporting island of chemical purity in the midst of a drug dependent world.”
The Horton Collection. “Shoulder to Shoulder presents a collection of carefully restored and exceedingly rare images drawn from the Anquetil years, when cycling suddenly adopted a fresh, modern look.”
Michael Hutchinson. "Re:Cyclists is the tale of two centuries. It tells how cycling became a kinky vaudeville act for Parisians, how it was basis of American business empire to rival Henry Ford’s, and how it found a unique home in the British Isles.”
Herbie Skyes. “A sumptuous history of the race by Herbie Skyes, who tells the stories behind the race since its founding in 1909, accompanied by marvelously evocative photographs,” Richard Williams, the Guardian.