I've been looking for book suggestions after reading a couple of (bicycle related) books, unable to find suggestions, starting this thread.
If you liked reading Copenhagenize : The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism try Bike Nation : How Cycling Can Save the World (& vice versa)
https://www.bookdepository.com/Copenhag ... 1610919388
https://www.bookdepository.com/Bike-Nat ... 1911214946
If you liked reading x try y
-
- Posts: 1437
- Joined: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:14 pm
- Location: Perth
-
- Posts: 763
- Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:31 pm
-
- Posts: 528
- Joined: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:57 am
- Location: The Dandenongs
Re: If you liked reading x try y
Postby djw47 » Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:49 pm
That is a terrible thread title by the way...
Anyway, you should read some of the books by Tim Moore about his cycling trips - he's done the Tdf and rode the route of the first Giro on a bike from the 1910s, his most recent is a ride that follows the border of the old iron curtain through central/eastern Europe. Interesting and often amusing.
I also enjoyed some of the books about the doping in the peloton in recent years: the pick is Tyler Hamilton's, but David Millar's is also decent as are some of the more generic books about that period by the likes of David Walsh.
Graeme Obree's autobiography is fantastic - a really fascinating, troubled guy who took on the entire cycling world and, for a while at least, won.
Anyway, you should read some of the books by Tim Moore about his cycling trips - he's done the Tdf and rode the route of the first Giro on a bike from the 1910s, his most recent is a ride that follows the border of the old iron curtain through central/eastern Europe. Interesting and often amusing.
I also enjoyed some of the books about the doping in the peloton in recent years: the pick is Tyler Hamilton's, but David Millar's is also decent as are some of the more generic books about that period by the likes of David Walsh.
Graeme Obree's autobiography is fantastic - a really fascinating, troubled guy who took on the entire cycling world and, for a while at least, won.
Last edited by djw47 on Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:20 pm, edited 1 time in total.
-
- Posts: 1437
- Joined: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:14 pm
- Location: Perth
Re: If you liked reading x try y
Postby twowheels » Tue Jul 31, 2018 6:05 pm
djw47 wrote:That is a terrible thread title by the way...
I was beginning to wonder if there were other forum members who read books.
-
- Posts: 334
- Joined: Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:32 pm
Re: If you liked reading x try y
Postby Sharkey » Tue Jul 31, 2018 10:37 pm
I have been travelling in France for the last few weeks to do some riding and see some of Le Tour. Started an appropriate book on the flight over - Slaying the Badger: LeMond, Hinault and the Greatest Ever Tour de France by Richard Moore.
When I finished that I continued in the same vein with Laurant Fignon's autobiography titled We Were Young and Carefree.
Both are great books.
When I finished that I continued in the same vein with Laurant Fignon's autobiography titled We Were Young and Carefree.
Both are great books.
Return to “General Cycling Discussion”
Jump to
- General Australian Cycling Topics
- Info / announcements
- Buying a bike / parts
- General Cycling Discussion
- The Bike Shed
- Cycling Health
- Cycling Safety and Advocacy
- Women's Cycling
- Bike & Gear Reviews
- Cycling Trade
- Stolen Bikes
- Bicycle FAQs
- The Market Place
- Member to Member Bike and Gear Sales
- Want to Buy, Group Buy, Swap
- My Bikes or Gear Elsewhere
- Serious Biking
- Audax / Randonneuring
- Retro biking
- Commuting
- MTB
- Recumbents
- Fixed Gear/ Single Speed
- Track
- Electric Bicycles
- Cyclocross and Gravel Grinding
- Dragsters / Lowriders / Cruisers
- Children's Bikes
- Cargo Bikes and Utility Cycling
- Road Racing
- Road Biking
- Training
- Time Trial
- Triathlon
- International and National Tours and Events
- Cycle Touring
- Touring Australia
- Touring Overseas
- Touring Bikes and Equipment
- Australia
- Western Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- ACT
- Tasmania
- Northern Territory
- Country & Regional
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users
- All times are UTC+11:00
- Top
- Delete cookies
About the Australian Cycling Forums
The Australian Cycling Forums is a welcoming community where you can ask questions and talk about the type of bikes and cycling topics you like.
Bicycles Network Australia
Forum Information
Connect with BNA
Brought to you by Bicycles Network Australia | © 1999 - 2024 | Powered by phpBB ®
This website uses affiliate links to retail platforms including ebay, amazon, proviz and ribble.
This website uses affiliate links to retail platforms including ebay, amazon, proviz and ribble.