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Cycle Racing - How To Train,
Race And Win

This book examines every
aspect of competitive
cycling: equipment,
basic and advanced
training, diet health,
finding a cycling club,
what to do on race day,
all geared to specific
sides of this challenging
sport. In fact,
everything you need to
know in order to compete,
improve and win on two
wheels.

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Cycling For Competition

A guide to the
high-speed,
high-adrenaline sport of
cycle racing. It offers
advice on bike selection,
refuelling and different
types of racing. It
includes tailored
training programmes and
step-by-step features on
key skills and
in-it-to-win-it racing
strategies.

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Cycling Traffic-Free

Brings together 25 of the
best cycling routes in
the Home Counties. This
title offers advice for
the cyclists,
instructions for each
route, a useful
diagrammatic map,
suggestions on where best
to park and/or start the
trip, distance,
gradients and hills,
places of interest, and
suggested refreshment
stops along the way or
close to the route.

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Roule Britannia

In 2012 Bradley Wiggins
made history by becoming
the first Briton ever to
win the Tour de France.
His compatriot Chris
Froome came second while
fellow Brits, the
fastest man on earth,
Mark Cavendish and
reformed doper David
Millar, made sure that
between them Britain
accounted for 7 of a
possible 21 stage wins.
Great Britain had
conquered the Tour de
France.
In Roule
Britannia, number one
bestselling author
William Fotheringham,
charts British cycling's
rise to the top. From the
early days of Brian
Robinson to Bradley
Wiggin's dominant ride
via Tom Simpson, Robert
Millar, Chris Boardman
and many others, Roule
Britannia celebrates a
nation's love affair with
the greatest race of
all.

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Ride

With anecdotes of
characters, bicycle
mishaps, and poignant
moments, this title
presents the highs and
lows of a six-day,
500-mile bike trip from
Fairbanks to Anchorage,
Alaska, to raise funds
for AIDS vaccine
research. It is a story
of commitment,
friendship, and the
desire to help make a
difference in a war
against a ravaging
disease.

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Caring For Your Bicycle

With expert advice on how
to adjust your bike to
fit you, how to clean it
efficiently, and how to
keep it running in top
condition, this guide
lets you get more
enjoyment from your
bicycle for longer, more
safely, and with the
sense of satisfaction
that c

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Beautiful Machine

Graeme Fife has been
riding a bike since he
discovered, aged five,
that escaping from home
on two wheels was a lot
faster and took him a lot
farther than he could go
on foot. He soon allied
love of what was,
admittedly, quite a
humble version of the
beautiful machine with a
tenacious grip on
independence.

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Competition Cycling

The definitive guide to
the high-speed,
high-adrenaline sport of
cycle racing, packed
with practical advice on
bike selection and
different types of
racing. Tailored training
plans and step-by-step
features on key skills
and in-it-to-win racing
strategies and advanced
training. Includes a
guide to the world's top
road, off-road and track
races, with profiles of
champions, and the
lowdown on famous
competitions. With over
200 photos to motivate
and instruct, this is an
essential handbook for
beginners and experienced
racers.

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Cycling Traffic-Free

Cycling remains one of
the most popular leisure
activities in Britain.
One of the greatest
concentrations of
population is in the
South East, and because
of the congested and
dangerous roads there is
a growing need for a
useful guide to safe,
traffic-free cycling
around the area. This
title brings together 25
of the best routes in the
South East.

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Tour De France By Marguerite
Lazell

The Tour de France is the
world's greatest cycling
race, the most
colourful, gruelling and
inspiring event in the
sporting calendar. This
is a record of this epic
sporting event from its
calamitous beginnings
through to the focus of
global media attention it
is today.

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Muck, Sweat & Gears: A
Celebration Of Cycling

A compendium of cycling
facts, "ations,
statistics, stories,
personalities, advice
and trivia. It is
suitable for cycling fans
and other readers alike,
as well as for the
cyclist in your life
whether he or she is an
everyday commuter,
mountain biker, cycle
courier, tourist or
racer.

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Bradley Wiggins: My Time

On 22 July 2012 Bradley
Wiggins became the first
British man ever to win
the Tour de France. Ten
days later, having
swapped his yellow jersey
for the colours of Team
GB, he won Olympic gold
in the time trial,
adding to his previous
six medals to become th

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Tour De France 6th Edition

The Tour de France is the
world's greatest cycling
race, the most
colourful, gruelling and
inspiring event in the
sporting calendar.
Covering a distance of
some 2, 200 miles in 20
stages over three weeks,
the Tour has assumed near
mythical status and been
compared to a great novel
by Balzac or Tolstoy, a
grand narrative of drama,
conflict, heroism and
suffering. Tour de
France: The Story of the
World's Greatest Cycle
Race is a record of this
epic sporting event from
its calamitous beginnings
through to the focus of
global media attention it
is today.

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Bradley Wiggins, Britain's
Olympic Games & Tour De France
Hero

In the summer of 2012,
Bradley Wiggins became a
national treasure. First
he sensationally won the
Tour de France, becoming
the only British rider to
do so, then barely ten
days later won gold at
the London Olympic Games.
But Wiggins has been a
world-class track and
road cyclist for more
than a decade and this
book reveals the full
scope of his glittering
career, from his early
life in London and his
first Olympic medal in
2000 to the heights of
the Beijing 2008 Olympics
and the astonishing
successes of 2012.

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Sky's The Limit, Cycling

On Sunday 22 July,
Bradley Wiggins became
the first British rider
ever to win the Tour de
France. It was the
culmination of years of
hard work and dedication
and a vision begun with
the creation of Team Sky.
This is the inside story
of that journey to
greatness. Dave
Brailsford is the
mastermind behind the
phenomenal success of the
British track cycling
team which dominated the
Beijing Olympics in 2008,
winning seven gold
medals and which is
expected to repeat that
success at London 2012.
Road cycling is a very
different ball game
though. It

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London 2012 Training Guide
Cycling

Suitable for both the
keen beginner and club
cyclist, this training
book offers an
introduction to the
Olympic Cycling events.
It is illustrated with
over 50 specially
commissioned diagrams,
gives an overview of each
Cycling event, and
covers training safety,
tactics and techniques,
and standards of
performance to aim for.

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Bicycling Magazine's 1000
All-Time Top Tips For Cyclists

Jump start your cycling
savvy with this
compilation of effective
tips from the editors of
Bicycling and Mountain
Bike magazines: an
information-packed
collection of advice on
road and mountain biking
which has now been
revised, updated and
adapted to make it
indispensable for anyone
seeking to become a
better cyclist. Tips
cover: safety in traffic;
perfect riding positions;
building skill; training;
distance riding; mountain
biking; racing; health
and fitness; nutrition;
equipment; and bike care.
Bursting with strategies
to build your skill
level, this is a book
guaranteed to improve the
performance of any
cyclist who reads it.

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