Books, Movies, Music & Entertainment - Cycling Books

Not seen a thread about this before. What cycling books have you read or do you own? What would you recommend reading? Am not a big book reader but i'll read any books if they're concerned with cycling. My list consists of:

'The Fastest Man On Two Wheels - In Pursuit Of Chris Boardman' by Phil Liggett.
'Miguel Indurain' by Noel Truyers.
'Cycling Health & Physiology' by Ed Burke.
'In Pursuit Of The Yellow Jersey' by Samuel Abt & James Startt.
'Rough Ride' by Paul Kimmage.
'Breaking The Chain' by Willy Voet.
'Put Me Back On My Bike' by William Fotheringham.
'It's Not About The Bike - My Journey Back To Life' by Lance Armstrong.

Anyone read any of these? Anyone read anything else and would recommend anyone else to read?

Cabledonut.

I read "It's Not About The Bike." It was a good read, and I'd recommend anyone who follow's Lance's carreer to read it, also. I asked for "Every Second Counts" for Christmas. We'll have to see if that one is as good as Lance's first...

I read "the Handbook of Competitive Cycling" (by Achim Schimid) and it's realy good for learning how to set up a training schedual. I also asked for the "Noblist Invention" for Christmas, someone on the forums posted a review for It and they seemed to like it. It's about the invention of the bicycle and it has a forward by Lance Armstrong.

"Into The Remote Places" Ian Hibell

Anyone read bob roll's book? Seems like it would be a good read.

the immortal class:bike messengers and the cult of
human power - travis hugh culley

I liked "a dog in a hat" really enlightening,by joe Parkin.

Anything by Bobke and Kurmanskie has been pretty entertaining.

read Bobke II still looking for the 1st Bobke book.
Read a few of the Lance books, I think I got tired of them after the 2nd or 3rd one.
Loved Breaking the Chain.

I've been on a reading binge the last two weeks.
Last week I read Floyd Landis' book. I know i know, hard to tell whether he's telling the truth or not. I read it as a fiction book. It was only mildly enjoyable. He's not that great an author.
Tonight I just finished reading "Ten Points" by Bill Strickland. It was pretty good. Some parts were pretty hard to read (about his abuse as a child).

Will start reading "Dog in a Hat" by Joe Parkin tonight.

A few months ago I read "The Giro D'Italia: Coppi Vs. Bartali at the 1949 Tour of Italy" by Dino Buzatti. I enjoyed that as well.

Couple I liked that haven't been mentioned yet are "Boy Racer" the Cavendish biography and "French Revolutions" about an average joe who decided to ride the Tour de France route a few weeks before the race.

Worst cycling book ever - "Inside the U.S. Postal Bus" it was about as entertaining as a laundry list.

A bit long and drawn out, but interesting as history is Thomas Steven's "Around the World on a Bicycle." First person to do it, and on a penny farthing.

read Bobke II still looking for the 1st Bobke book.
It's been out of print a long time. IIRC a couple years ago I went looking and found some used on Amazon for large amounts of money.

Mike Magnuson's Heft on Wheels (http://www.amazon.com/Heft-Wheels-Field-Guide-Doing/dp/1400052416/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1298523100&sr=8-1) was an enjoyable read for me.

I very strongly recommend Knack Cycling for Everyone: A Guide to Road, Mountain, and Commuter Biking (Knack: Make It easy) (http://www.amazon.com/Knack-Cycling-Everyone-Mountain-Commuter/dp/1599218712/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298523208&sr=1-1) by Leah Garcia, Jilayne Lovejoy, and Mark Doolittle. It has answers for all of the stupid questions I wasn't afraid to ask and many many more. Well written and researched, great pictures, clear explanations. Anyone can learn something from it.

I would recommend this book ... gives a glimpse of the hardship professional riders must go through, especially those who are simple domestiques and what the belgium racing circuits are all about.


I liked "a dog in a hat" really enlightening,by joe Parkin.

... and I almost forgot,

'Put Me Back On My Bike' by William Fotheringham.

is also an excellent book!

"Miles from nowhere" by Barbara Savage. Its one of the classics-she and her husband ride round the world.

I read one about lance armstrong..cant remeber the name of it though right off hand...

We Were Young And Carefree -- Laurent Fignon (R.I.P.)

Another thread on this same topic:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/643947-Cycling-must-reads?highlight=must+reads

My Road to Victory by Stephen Roche

Account of his victories in 1987. Giro d'Italia, TdF and World Championship.

Pretty lightweight but with lots of colour photos.

The Art and Pastime of Cycling by R.J. Mecredy


http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m520/OddJob3/Pastime007.jpg?t=1312312981

Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America, story of a father crossing America with a tag-a-long and trailer hitched behind him.
Barbera Savage's book is poignant since she was struck by a truck and killed cycling later.
My library was able to get the two volumes of Thomas Steven's Around the World by Bicycle, the penny farthing ride around the world, I found the language archiac but just his description of leaving San Francisco heading east over the Sierras was mind boggling.