Cycling category: 1003 books
by Thomas Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
"Around the World on a Bicycle - From San Francisco to Tehran" is a fascinating and profusely-illustrated account of an epic bicycle journey around the world. Starting in America and travelling through Europe, the Middle East, and Finally Asia, the author's entire adventure is here chronicled...
Hiking and Biking Peru's Inca Trails
40 trekking and mountain biking routes in the Sacred Valley
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Guidebook to hiking and mountain biking in the Sacred Valley of Peru, including the Inca Trail. 40 routes (7 to Machu Picchu) visiting all major Incan sites discovered from Cusco, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Vilcabamba and in the remote region around Mount Ausangate. The routes are graded for difficulty,...
The 10,000k Challenge
...faffing across Europe on a bike!
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Tom Anderson, Chair of the Welsh Academy, the National Society of Writers in Wales and best-selling author of 'Chasing Dean and The Actaeon Tide:
'John Chick's 10,000k Challenge has all the elements needed for a belter of a travel book. There's a real sense of dropping into the unknown,...
by Jim Hendrickson
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
My decision to ride a bicycle from my home in the Pacific Northwest of the United States to Israel may appear to be foolhardy to some people. But to me, it was a logical decision based on the following four facts: First, travel is my deepest passion. I simply love to travel to far-flung places, meeting...
by R. Randall Schroeder
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
A unique step-by-step bicycle adventure that guides you from downtown San Francisco, along the bay, across the Golden Gate Bridge, down into Sausalito and a relaxing ferry ride back to San Francisco. You'll breeze past 15 of the top sites in San Francisco, including places to stop for photos, activities...
A Year Without Underwear
Exploring the World on a Bicycle
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2006
Having been promoted to a top management position in the space R&D field, Colonel Ralph Monfort finds himself too far from the action and decides to give himself a fiftieth birthday gift-his own retirement from the U.S. Air Force. It didn't take him long to find his dream vacation-a yearlong,...
The River Rhone Cycle Route
From the Alps to the Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
Guide to The River Rhone Cycle Route, an 895km bicycle ride starting high in the Alps of central Switzerland and finishing at the Mediterranean Sea, near Marseille. The route - which is mostly downhill - is divided into 20 stages (averaging 45km per stage) and can be completed by most cyclists in...
by John White
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
There is something for all cycle racing fans in Tour de France Miscellany. The world's premier bike race dates back to the start of the last century and has developed a reputation for glamour, glitz and glory. For 110 years, the Tour de France has provided the sporting world with some truly historic...
The Way of St Francis
Via di Francesco: From Florence to Assisi and Rome
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
This guidebook describes the Way of St Francis a 550km month-long pilgrimage trail from Florence through Assisi to Rome. Split into 28 day stages, the walk begins in Florence and finishes in the Vatican City. Stages range from 8km to 30km with plenty to see, including ancient ruins, picturesque towns,...
by Kerry Atkins
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2015
Create a great looking and durable paint job on your steel bicycle frame using spray cans. This guide will take you through start to finish on preparing your bicycle frame for painting, dealing with rust, applying primer and paint using spray cans to achieve good results over the long term.
Rail-Trails Mid-Atlantic
The definitive guide to multiuse trails in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Across the country, more than 1600 unused railroad corridors have been converted to level, public, multiuse trails, where people can enjoy a fitness run, a leisurely bike ride, or a stroll with the family. In this updated guide in the popular series, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy presents the Mid-Atlantic...
From Sea to Shining Sea:
Biking Across America with Wounded Warriors
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2011
The book describes the exciting and challenging bike ride made by sixteen wounded warriors as they crossed America. Starting at the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the riders crossed three mountain ranges, several deserts and the endless prairies of the American Mid West. Many of the riders...
De wielermaffia
het onthullende verhaal over doping in het Armstrong-tijdperk
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Tyler Hamilton was een van de meest geliefde en snelste wielrenners ter wereld. Zijn jarenlange dopinggebruik heeft hij altijd ontkend. In De wielermaffia vertelt hij voor het eerst zijn verhaal. Hij laat zien hoe de wereld van het professionele wielrennen met de komst van het `wondermiddel EPO midden...
Elke dag een uur
van vet naar fit in 365 dagen
Language: Dutch
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Ik ga fietsen. Elke dag van het jaar minstens een uur. Waar ik ook ben, wat ik ook moet doen die dag, er moet gefietst worden. Gewoon, om te kijken wat zo’n activiteit doet met m’n kop en m’n lijf.’ Zo ontstond @ElkeDagEenUur, een doorlopend verhaal over afzien, wilskracht, wielrennen en fietsen,...