2013: another year in cycling's inexorable rise. The 2012 Tour de France & the Olympic Games in London has catapulted Bradley Wiggins & several track stars into limelight
- & a million 'mamils' (middle aged men in lycra) will be choking up the country lanes of Britain & Europe every Sunday morning. This book is unashamedly written with love for the mamil. The mamil dreams of the romance of the great pro races such as Paris-Roubaix plus weekends away in Italy & France not to mention the home-grown routes in Wales & Scotl&. He wants to walk back into work on Monday morning & announce with a flourish: This time yesterday morning I was half-way up Alpe d' Huez." Taking in 12 cycling challenges one a month for a year across Britain & northern & southern Europe this beautiful book chronicles the experiences of two mamils & looks at what it takes to tackle some of the most iconic events in cycling. With breathtaking photography & lively text that conveys exactly how it feels to be by turns frozen baked lost exhausted but utterly exhilarated & inspired this is a book that will resonate with any aspiring road rat."