The Hardmen
Author(s): Frank Strack
It's time we all stopped whining and learned a thing or two from The Toughest Cyclists Ever. Including: Stephen Roche, whose cure for exhaustion was to go up a gear and fight harder, all the way to the ambulance. Eddy Merckx, who hurt himself so badly in breaking the Hour record that, he estimated, he shortened his career by a year. Beryl Burton, who crushed her (male) rival's morale with the offer of a piece of liquorice, before speeding past to victory. Nicole Cooke and Edwig Van Hooydonck, who rejected dope and became legends. The Hardmen tells the stories - the good bits, anyway - of the 40 most heroic Cyclists ever. Their bravery, their panache and their Perfect Amount of Dumb. It reminds us that suffering on a bike liberates us from our daily lives, and that, in the words of Lance Armstrong 'pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever'; proof that even assholes can be insightful.
Product Information
Stories of the toughest cyclists of all time, told by The Velominati, originators of The Rules
General Fields
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- : Profile Books Ltd
- : Profile Books Ltd
- : 0.368
- : 31 May 2017
- : 204mm X 138mm X 26mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 June 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : 256
- : Main
- : Hardback
- : Frank Strack