Life of Mamils - Softcover

Gatenby, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910406481 ISBN 13: 9781910406489

Publisher: Fisher King Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

When Martin Gatenby was a small boy, he saw the Tour de France on television for the first time.

Like many people who have witnessed this great spectacle, he was inspired to dream of cycling across the cobbles of Northern France, over the Alps and Pyrenees and into Paris. For the truly talented few, fulfilling that dream meant a life of dedication and suffering, a career at the very highest level of the sport and a chance to count their names amongst the greats. For many others, things were different.

This is the story of one man’s personal journey from the grassroots of cycling to the finish line of the Tour de France, a journey that took him down some of the very same roads as his heroes and over many of the same mountains. He didn’t become a sporting great... he became a middle aged man in lycra instead.

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About the Author

Martin Gatenby first became interested in cycling when, as a small boy, he saw the Tour de France on television for the first time. That inspired him start riding his bike further afield than the suburban area of West Yorkshire where he grew up and he eventually began racing as a teenage member of Hull Thursday Road Club. After a long lay -off, he returned to cycling in his late thirties as a means of keeping fit. This led his reawakening of his love for the sport, and as the pastime boomed in the UK, he became one of the many 'middle aged men in Lycra' who ride regularly. He has ridden in events across the UK, as well as taking part in several editions of the 'Etape du Tour' in France. He is now a member of the Cappuccino Cycling Club. He has three children and lives in North Yorkshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fisher King Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1910406481
• ISBN 13: 9781910406489
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214