recommend some reading

RobAMerc

I read a post recommending some books last week but can't for the life of me find it again.

Can anybody recommend a good book or two - Road Cycling - training guides etc.

Thanks
Rob

Darondo

Don't know of any training guides as such but Sean Kelly's biography by David Walsh is a great read. I've read it about 10 or 12 times by now and it always inspires me to get out on the bike. Just a pity it was never updated to take in the last few years of the great man's career.

bunnygreen

Absolutely,Sean Kellys book is great,a legend,theres tons of training books on Amazon,just type in cycling and away you go.Also the Lance Armstrong books are very inspiring,for me anyway,i know he divides opinions,but theres always one quote i think off when it gets rough either in a race or training,its simple but for me very effective "Pain is temporary,quitting is for life".

niceonetom

not a training guide, but a good little read, full of little anecdotes about cycling and some of greats (merckx, moser, indurain, et al) is The Hour by Michael Hutchinson.

showry

Read The Escape Artist by Matt Seaton last week, good read about a club cyclist in England. It's been compared to Fever Pitch which is probably valid as it deals in an obsession.

Ghost Rider

A reliable source tells me "The Rider" by Dutch writer Tim Krabbé is brillliant but I haven't yet read it:

http://www.amazon.com/Rider-Tim-Krabbe/dp/1582342903/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207991429&sr=1-1

(The same guy wrote the novel on which the Dutch movie "The Vanishing" was based, incidentally.)

fish-head

The Rider is a fantastic book! I've got 'Cycling's Golden Age' and Eddy Merckx biography wheeling their way to me as we speak..

Hermy

Two books by Arnie Baker that might interest you:

Bicycling Medicine

Smart Cycling

peterk19

ive just finished both Lance Armstrong books and am about to start the flying scotsman, im also reading the Lance Armstrong performance program

zzzzzzzz

Serious cycling is very good, as the name suggests it's fairly serious.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Serious-Cycling-Chris-Carmichael/dp/073604129X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208077909&sr=8-1

pollyhars

Just finished Bicycle Diaries by Paul Shannon

Its a great route around Ireland and the story is quite funny. I'd definitely recommend it if your into touring.

Mr. Skeffington

This site has some very comprehensive e-books on all aspects of the sport:

http://www.roadbikerider.com/bookstore.htm

Highly reccomended, I have purchased a number of these e-books and they are very detailed and well written

hobojojo

just got The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: The Training, Strengthening and Eating delivered from amazon today.

bought it second hand, was €7 total, including deliverly. only took 4 working days to get to me, defo going to use amazon again. perfect condition.

anyway, check it out here, have not read it yet, but have flicked through and it looks very good.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lance-Armstrong-Performance-Program-Strengthening/dp/1405021020/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208172387&sr=8-1