Описание: Get confident and get back in the saddle A real-world guide for new cyclists or anyone who's not ridden a bike since childhood: includes fixes and maintenance, safe riding, and the cyclist's healthy, happy lifestyle. Many of us have recently dusted off an old bike and got back in the saddle for the first time in years. This book is a confidence builder for the nervous new or renewed cyclist. With clear instructions and fresh new illustrations, the book introduces: Basic repairs and fixes - avoid expensive trips to the store Real-world on-the-road advice - everything you need to become a confident cycling commuter All the benefits of cycling - from mindfulness, heart health, clean air, safer streets and more Engagingly written by cycling expert and author Alan Anderson, all this comes in a small, readable format, with attractive illustrations by David Sparshott.
Автор: Channing Stephen, Channing Shirley Название: A Victorian Cyclist - Rambling Through Kent in 1886 ISBN: 095592197X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780955921971 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4221.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Kimmage Название: Rough Ride Pro Cyclist ISBN: 0224080172 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780224080170 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1715.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents the life story of a professional athlete. This book is an account that breaks the law of silence surrounding the issue of drugs in sport. It is suitable for anyone who is interested in sports.
Автор: Wilson Ann Marie Название: Mainly by Bike: A Senior Cyclist Tours the World ISBN: 1999893603 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781999893606 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2895.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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At the age of 59, Ann decided that there was no time like the present and gave up her job to cycle round the world. Her first bike was stolen in Bulgaria, she was knocked down by a buffalo cart in India and battled with a parasitic illness in Malaysia. These were some of the challenges she had to deal with, but above all, what stood out for Ann was the depth of human kindness she experienced throughout her travels.
Автор: Bridgewater Leanne Название: Confessions of a Cyclist ISBN: 1912211459 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912211456 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3862.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Confessions of a Cyclist is utter inspiration from the film Night Mail, where the opening scene is John Grierson reading W. H. Auden's ground-breaking poem. It is experimental journey-poetics, and may also have family resemblance to Jack Kerouac's On the Road, Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and even Derek Jarman's film Blue.
A cyclist lends its hands AND FEET to a great deal of intimacy but no connection, pedaling, which in turn, animates. A cyclist is passive, romancing the world through seducing scenes, without the commitment. Getting lost in time, but within the time-frame given for the daily commuter's route. Mine: 40 minutes one way, and 40 minutes back.
A cycle is a repetition of a cycle. The scene never wholly changes but changes constantly. Confessions of a Cyclist takes a journalistic approach through poetics, over-hyping observations, dubbing people's conversations, reporting on regular people seen, for instance, the man in the turban who feeds the pigeons every Saturday morning. In places, the work is biographical, in others, memoir, in others, freak-outs, and in some you can see repeated words become chants when cycling at certain speeds: NOW-AND-A-GAIN-MY-HEN-IT'S-A-NEW-GEN-ER-A-TION.
Автор: Andrew M. Homan Название: Iron Mac: The Legend of Roughhouse Cyclist Reggie McNamara ISBN: 0803254806 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803254800 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5637.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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At a time when cycling in the United States rivaled baseball as the nation’s most popular professional sport, along came Reggie McNamara, a farmer’s son from Australia. Within a month of his arrival in the United States in 1913, he had earned the moniker “Iron Man” for his high tolerance of pain and his remarkable ability to recover from seemingly catastrophic injury. The nickname proved justified. Not only was he tough, he was also one of the best and highest-paid athletes in the world.
During his thirty-year career, McNamara won seventeen punishing six-day races along with an inestimable number of shorter distance races, including high-profile events on three different continents, peaking in 1926–27 at the age of thirty-nine. The fans, media, and his fellow professionals all idolized him as an example of the true grit needed to succeed in this grueling and dangerous sport. Late in his career, however, hard drinking and injuries took their toll, and McNamara became estranged from his wife and children. He fought back just as he always had on the race course, conquering his addiction to alcohol and becoming one of the earliest success stories of Alcoholics Anonymous.
In this humorous and exciting biography of the original Iron Man, Andrew M. Homan pulls McNamara back into the spotlight, depicting a flawed but beloved man whose success in those unrelenting six-day races came at a price.
Автор: Cullen Rachel Ann Название: Midlife Cyclist ISBN: 1788701844 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788701846 Издательство: Bonnier Books Рейтинг: Цена: 1929.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The second heartfelt and inspirational story of Rachel Cullen`s marathon journey with mental illness. This is the heartbreaking and inspiring journey of Rachel finding out what she is truly made of. After injuring her leg sent her into a pit of mental misery, the only thing keeping her her bipolar disorder, depression and body dysmorphia at bay was taken away from her. She knew for the sake of her sanity that she had to find a different way to kick her mental health demons, so she went out to the shed, got out her twenty year old bike, and started peddling. Like her life depended on it. This is is her uplifting, inspirational tale.
Описание: Michael Kranish writes about the remarkable Major Taylor, who became the world`s fastest bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era.
Автор: Cavell Phil Название: The Midlife Cyclist: How to Ride Strong and Stay Healthy ISBN: 1472961382 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472961389 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 2226.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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With the help of medical experts, leading coaches, ex-professionals, and pro-team doctors, cycling biomechanics pioneer Phil Cavell produces a practical guide for mature cyclists who want to stay healthy, avoid injury, and maximize their achievement levels.
Midlife Cyclist offers a gold standard road-map for the mature cyclist who aims to train, perform and even race at the highest possible level. Cycling has seen a participation uplift unprecedented in any sport, especially in the 40, 50 and 60-year-old age groups. These athletes are the first statistically significant cohort to maintain, or even begin, genuine athletic performance beyond middle-age. But, just because we can continue to tune the engine into old age, does that mean that we should? And, what do these training efforts do to the aging human chassis? This book answers those questions and offers a guide to those elongating their performance window. Using case studies and expert contributions from all aspects of the sport, Midlife Cyclist looks at cycling as an aging person's exercise of choice, the physical implications of hard training, and the use of sport medication and specific training in combating them. It also considers the age-specific questions raised, including what happens to performance as we mature? Will the bike specifications alter as our bodies change? Should we refine our riding technique and how do we best deploy the psychological advantages of being older riders?
