Posts Tagged ‘Cycling history’
A Race for Madmen
A Race for Madmen gives context and color to the legendary stories that have made it into our collective cycling consciousness. It’s like a well-executed team time trial — graceful, fluid and a beautiful thing to experience.
Read OnIt’s All About the Bike
A devotional to one of humankind’s greatest inventions, It’s All About the Bike celebrates the tradition, lore and beauty of bicycles. It delivers a mature winning performance that can be appreciated for its simplicity, elegance and manner.
Read OnPedalare! Pedalare!
Pedalare! Pedalare! is light on tales of racing, heavy on the analysis of Italian society, generous with introductions to notable Italian cyclists and absorbed with The Golden Age of Italian Cycling. It performs well, deserves respect and is worth a read.
Read OnAlpe d’Huez
Alpe d’Huez is a rewarding and animated feast of the defining and signature Tour de France moments and the stories behind them. It is a smart, imaginative, and engaging profile of “the cathedral of climbs.”
Read OnÉtape: 20 Great Stages From the Modern Tour de France
Étape is an engrossing celebration of the Tour de France. It reanimates memorable stages and moments, mostly from the late 1980s through 2012, and it’s a master work of cycling history and storytelling.
Read OnThe Tour is Won on the Alpe
Although The Tour is Won on the Alpe doesn’t fulfill its book-flap promise, it still puts in a strong performance, like a dedicated gregario or domestique riding in support of his team leader. It’s a performance worth a top 10 stage placement.
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