This is about a story of a cyclist and skier training for the Olympics who was run over by a truck and survived:-
“On an afternoon bike ride in the Blue Mountains Janine Shepherd’s life was altered irrevocably. When the champion cross country skier in training for the Winter Olympics was hit by a truck, doctors [...]
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Never Tell me Never Dare to Fly by Janine Shepherd
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged janine shepherd cycling on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
‘Call the Midwife’ – A cyclist midwife
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CYCLING BOOK REVIEWS BICYCLE KENT on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I picked this up at a charity shop today. Turns out that the book is a bit like ‘James Herriot’. However, for some reason Matthew Parris (of all people) says, it made him cry’.
It will take me a while to read it as it is a bit of a ‘thick book’ but it looks interesting [...]
Dervla Murphy – Wheels on Wheels – Autobiography
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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October 15, 2008 · No Comments
I picked up an autobiography by Dervla Murphy, the Irish world-the-world cyclist and I am hooked! I don’t particularly want to go out today.
Though I haven’t quite finished it yet, I am glued to her tales of her Irish parents and Convent life, and all the religious doctrine and the [...]
Roule Britannia, a History of Briton’s in the Tour de France
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, Women's Tour de France Cycling Book Reviews London on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This book is by William Fotheringham.
I have only just picked it up today. It looks good with some up to date photos too. However, naturally disappointed it by Le Tour de France meaning the Mens! (In the index at the back there is something about ‘women’ but it is about wives and girlfriends. Honestly, in [...]
London Cycle Guide
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged london on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I was right in the fact that it was useless in the sense of telling me where the London Cycle Network runs in London. I still haven’t the foggiest clue where the network goes. Looks like I will have to fork out for the full UK Network book, even though I rarely go out [...]
‘You can’t it take it with you’ Jane and Mike Tomlinson
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This about the woman who cycled almost everywhere after being told she had cancer. She did the Ironman and cycled from Leeds to Rome..and much more. Very inspiring story and I am only on the third chapter at the moment and I am glued to the book. I Hope to read more on the train [...]
Devil on Wheels – the story of the Inventor of the Bicycle, who got fined for speeding
Posted in Bicycle Inventor, Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, kirkpatrick macmillian cycling book bicycle london book on April 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This book is by journalist Gordon Irving and tells the story of Kirkpatrick Macmillian, Inventor of the Bicycle.
He built the first pedal cycle and road on it to Glasgow at eight miles an hour and got fined 5 shillings for speeding
He was also a blacksmith and he even used to pull out people’s teeth. It [...]
Cycling Trivia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amish cycling bicycle on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading this book at the weekend (nothing to do with cycling) and it was saying (this was an American book by the way) that the Amish (a religious sect in America), must not use ‘tyres’ in the rules of their religion.. therefore, they do not use bicycles.
It is a funny old world but [...]
