Need for the Bike

Need for the Bike
Paul Fournel, Alan Stoekl, Claire Read
RRP:
NZ$ 24.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 19.99
Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 208pg
4 Jul 2019 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781788162692
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"I ride to rest and to tire myself out; I ride to do myself good and to do myself harm"... one of the many cycling paradoxes explored in this unique and delightful book."I've never got over this miracle" Starting with the childhood joy of learning to ride a bike, Need for the Bike goes on to relate the agony of climbing, the angst of crashing, and all the other universal moments and feelings which all cyclists will recognise."To get on a bike is to take possession of the landscape" The sounds, smells, pains and joys of riding with friends or alone, finding things on the road; getting lost, "re-reading" familiar routes; Paul Fournel's classic comes as close as any book has to an encapsulation of why we all need the bike ...
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781788162692
Published: 4 Jul 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Profile Books
Publisher: Profile Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 208

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