Break Away by Euan Ferguson
No sport demands and celebrates the suffering of its participants like road racing, yet the pursuit of cycling was formed out of a spirit of emancipation, freedom, invention and revolution. It started with Victorian adventurers who took their new machine across continents, up unscaled peaks and into the first races, followed by those who saw the potential of the bicycle as a radical mode of transport, before the twentieth-century sun shone on a golden age of cycling, bringing fame and fortune to its glamorous new sporting superstars. Through fifty key riders, from early pioneers like Mark Twain to modern superstars like Eddy Merckx, Break Away is a fascinating and arresting new history of road cycling.
“a good primer on the history of cycling”
-- Richard Peploe * Roadcc *
-- Richard Peploe * Roadcc *
Euan Ferguson is a freelance writer and editor from London. For six years he was the principal bars and pubs writer for Time Out London, travelling all over the city to run the rule over cocktail bars, real-ale inns, gastropubs and hip drinking spots. These days, as well as writing about drinks and everything to do with them for magazines and websites he edits books on everything from sherry to cycling.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780711238084 |
| ISBN 10 | 0711238081 |
| Title | Break Away |
| Author | Euan Ferguson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2016-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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