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5.0
I loved this! It’s from way back in 1990, I picked it up secondhand in Richard Booth’s bookshop in Hay. It’s actually the first cycling book I’ve read from a properly female point of view and I enjoyed that and also the sheer can-do optimism evident throughout; it’s really encouraging.
It made me aware too of the history that we lose... there are cycling heroines in here that I don’t know about and some epic rides - a cyclist who completed 40 miles of a 50 mile race in America pedalling standing up because her saddle sheered off (actually a cautionary tale about maintenance, but still - wow)! Tandem champions, racers, riders in the RAAM - makes me want to read all about them.
I will keep this one and look after it. Very useful bike fitting and maintenance section too!
It made me aware too of the history that we lose... there are cycling heroines in here that I don’t know about and some epic rides - a cyclist who completed 40 miles of a 50 mile race in America pedalling standing up because her saddle sheered off (actually a cautionary tale about maintenance, but still - wow)! Tandem champions, racers, riders in the RAAM - makes me want to read all about them.
I will keep this one and look after it. Very useful bike fitting and maintenance section too!
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