It’s the best kind of adventure story and a clarion call to ‘travel for travel’s sake’. I’ve also read and enjoyed the two-wheel tales of Bernard Magnoloux (Travels with Rosinante) and Ian Hibell (Into the Remote Places), both of which, in different ways, authentically present the simple pleasures of travelling by bicycle. Tim Moore’s French Revolutions is a witty introduction to the travails of the Tour de France. The best autobiographies of time spent ‘on the rivet’ are written from the thick of it: Paul Kimmage’s Rough Ride is an exposé of life as a struggling pro, and the drug culture inside the peloton; Matt Seaton’s The Escape Artist is a heartbreaking tale of love and loss as an amateur racer; The Flying Scotsman is the engaging story of Graeme Obree’s World Hour Record success; and One More Kilometre and We’re in the Showers by Tim Hilton is a loving paean to the post-war cycling scene in Britain and Europe. And, of course, there is Lance Armstrong’s bullish and best-selling, ghost-written account of recovering from cancer to win the Tour de France, It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life.
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