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Roadie: The Misunderstood World of a Bike Racer
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Roadie: The Misunderstood World of a Bike Racer
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by Jamie Smith and Jef Mallett
Sales Rank : 39340
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: VeloPress March 28, 2008
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1934030171
ISBN-13: 978-1934030172
Product Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
Product Review
"This book earned Podium Cafe's first ever five-star rating! Blazing Saddles takes a brief look at each edition of the Tour and tries to ferret out a story or two that adds color to the sport. Call it 92 stories about the Tour de France, if you will. The book's essential value lies in bringing many of these lost stories back to life. Rendell carefully picks out those stories which lend both color and insight into the world's greatest race and the utterly abnormal people destined to ride it." --PodiumCafe.com -- PodiumCafe.com, June 26, 2008
Product Description
In the world of cycling, there are enthusiasts and then there are "roadies" — the cyclist whose passion for bike racing cannot be tamed. A confirmed roadie will go to any length to better his record — from shaving his legs to dropping a fortune on a bike — and the reactions to a roadie's determination can vary from disbelief to outright scorn. Jamie Smith is a confirmed roadie, and in this unique book, he sets out to explain the often-misunderstood world of roadies, delving into the groups many neuroses and lightheartedly illuminating just what it is that keeps these extreme cyclists coming back for more. Accompanied by amusing illustrations from a nationally syndicated cartoonist, this look into a bike racing subculture is sure to convert even the most hardened skeptics.
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