Originally Posted by Dan Chase

OK, so winter/covid is keeping all of our heads down - so whats your favourite bike based book? The kind of thing you find yourself re-reading after a couple of years, maybe quoting to a buddy...

For me its a toss up between Crabbes "The Rider", Kimmages "Rough Ride" and then "8 Seconds" recounting the `89 TDF...

Hard to choose, The Rider really puts you in the mindset of a top amateur racer, Kimmage makes you realise why most pro riders turned to drugs to perform (imagine getting to a hotel at 9.30pm after a hard stage to find there`s no food and forced to dine on energy bars whilst washing your only pair of team shorts... grab me the rocket fuel...), just love the `89 tour for all its drama and the book drills down into each stage as well as the big picture, you can almost feel the sun as you read it.

mmm..... yep, * seconds.... no, wait, Rough Ride...

Let me know what you all love to read, might give me some new books to search out, Dan.