The Beautiful Machine: A Life in Cycling, from Tour de France to Cinder Hill (Hardcover)

Graeme Fife

ISBN 10: 1845962419 / ISBN 13: 9781845962418

Published by Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 2008

About this Item

Hardcover. Graeme Fife has been riding a bike since he discovered, aged five, that escaping from home on two wheels was a lot faster and took him a lot farther than was possible on foot. He soon allied love of what was, admittedly, quite a humble version of the beautiful machine a solid-tyred, overweight rattler with a tenacious grip on independence. It was on a bike that Fife visited a girlfriend in France, who introduced him not only to raclette and the Tour de France but also to French cycling journalism. Since then, the passion has seeded books, articles, epic rides, acquaintance with some of the most illustrious men in cycling as well as staunch friendships on and off the bike. This is bare-knuckle writing at its most punchy, rippling with wit and energy. It is a celebration of the bicycle and the joy, wonder, adventure, good times and bad, bad times associated with it, and of the people who ride and with whom Fife has ridden. Here are explorations of all dimensions of the experience, on, round, with, via and about the beautiful machine. Why does cycling inspire such passion? From the bestselling author of Tour de France, and rippling with wit and energy, comes this celebration of the bicycle: the joy, the adventure and the good times and bad times associated with it. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Beautiful Machine: A Life in Cycling, from Tour de France to Cinder Hill (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1845962419
• ISBN 13: 9781845962418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Graeme Fife has been riding a bike since he discovered at age five that escaping from home on two wheels was a lot faster and took him a lot farther than was possible on foot. He soon combined his love of what was, admittedly, quite a humble version of the beautiful machine, with a tenacious grip on independence. It was on a bike that Fife visited a girlfriend in France, who introduced him not only to raclette and the Tour de France but also to French cycling journalism. Since then, the passion has seeded books, articles, epic rides, and acquaintance with some of the most illustrious men in cycling as well as staunch friendships on and off the bike. This is bare-knuckle writing at its most punchy, rippling with wit and energy. It is a celebration of the bicycle and the joy, wonder, adventure, good times, and bad times associated with it, and of the people who ride and with whom Fife has ridden.

About the Author

Graeme Fife is an avid cyclist who has ridden all the celebrated rides of Tour legend. He is also the author of Inside the Peloton and Tour de France.