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Cycling in France
By Tim Hughes
A guide to exploring France by bicycle. There are 18 routes and over 20 mountain passes described, along with colour photographs and route maps. Background information is provided to make it easy for all cycle tourers, however inexperienced, to plan their trip to France. |
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Tour de France
by Graeme Fife
Graeme Fife offers a compelling insight into the mystique of the race, the unique allure it has always exercised on devoted bike fans and occasional enthusiasts alike. Combining meticulous research with a pacey, fluent narrative style, Fife, a professional writer and a keen cyclist paints a colourful, human, memorable picture of men--champions and team men--whose exploits have made the Tour a durable fascination. |
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Bicycle Touring: How to Prepare for Long Rides
by Steve Butterman
Lots of favorable reader reviews on Amazon, including: "A very densely packed book. Not a page is wasted... The book quickly and plainly answers a lot of the basic questions that people have when thinking about a long bicycling trip: What will I need to bring? How do I plan my trip? What kind of shape do I need to be in? What about dangerous road conditions? How will people treat me? How much will it cost? What will I eat? What about weather? What about mountains/hills? How will I keep clean?" |
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French Revolutions
by Tim Moore
British humourist Moore, with no training to speak of, cycled the route of the Tour de France and lived to tell a hilarious tale. He spent several days in Ariège, staying at Nick and Jan Flanagan's cycling guesthouse in Biert, and had an epiphany on the col de Saraillé. From then on the narrative changed from travelogue to personal quest. |
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